The early diagnosis and improved treatments Involve a decrease in deaths from cervical cancer uterus and breast, while the lowest levels of smoking contributed to a good reduction in cancer deaths lung and other tumors related to smoking in men.

According to the Annals of Oncology, from 1990-1994 and 2000-2004, overall rates of cancer deaths in Europe fell 9 percent in men and 8 per cent for women in the second period, compared with the first.

Although there are large Disparities in cancer death rates among countries of the European Union (EU).

The countries where alcohol consumption is Increasing and snuff increases in registered deaths from cancer of the lung, mouth, pharynx and esophagus.

Measures to reduce alcohol consumption, improving nutrition, Reducing obesity and Increasing controls-in addition to early diagnosis and medical advances to treat cancer, also help to reduce the tumor burden in the EU.

There had been an average of 168 deaths annually per 100,000 men between 2000 and 2004, down from 185.2 deaths per 100,000 people between 1990 and 1994.

Among women, the average number of deaths under 104.8 to 96.9 per 100,000 persons per year during the same period.

Among males, the highest death rates in the period 2000-2004 was observed in Hungary (255.2 per 100,000 persons per year), Czech Republic and Poland, while the lowest were in Sweden (125.8 per 100,000 people per year), Finland and Switzerland.

The highest rates among women were registered in Denmark (141 per 100,000), Hungary and Scotland and lower in Spain (78.9 per 100,000), Greece and Portugal, experts said statistics that reflect the diverse expansion of smoking in men and women in Europe.

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