MEDIA PRESENCE
Study reveals which are the most common cancers in young adults.
A study conducted by the Costa Rican Agency for Biomedical Research (ACIB-FUNIN), in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute of the United States, analyzed the incidence and mortality from cancer in the country, in young adult women and men, between the ages of 20 and 39. Dr. Loretto Carvajal, researcher, led the study on the 20 most common cancers in young adults in Costa Rica, covering the years from 2006 to 2015 for incidence, and from 2000 to 2021 for mortality.
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