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The number of people diagnosed with cancer in the Netherlands will continue to increase over the next twenty years. According to new calculations by the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Centre (IKNL), nearly 170,000 new diagnoses will be added every year by 2045. Currently, there are approximately 136,000. The figures are in line with expectations, says Jaike Schilte-Praagman, senior researcher at IKNL. "In the coming twenty years, we will have…
Cancer diagnoses to jump 23% without intervention; Increase in nearly all cancer types
Without intervention, the number of new cancer diagnoses in the Netherlands will increase by 23 percent from 136,000 in 2025 to 170,000 in 2045. Diagnoses will increase for almost all types of cancer. The number of cancer-related deaths will rise by 24 percent, from 46,000 in 2024 to 57,000 in 2045, the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization (IKNL) reported in new projections.
The number of new cancer diagnoses in the Netherlands is expected to rise from over 136,000 last year to nearly 170,000 in 2045, an increase of approximately 23 percent. This is reported by the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Centre (IKNL). Population growth and aging are the main causes for this.
Four forms of cancer are more commonly diagnosed in Dutch people under 50, but a large increase does not always mean large numbers. Cancer is still primarily considered a disease of the elderly. Nevertheless, four forms are increasingly being diagnosed in Dutch people under 50: colon cancer, kidney cancer, le...
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