. The ALOS refers to the average number of days that patients spend in hospital. It is generally measured by dividing the …

More than five million new cases of cancer are diagnosed every year in OECD countries. Mortality rates are declining …, but not as fast as for other big killers such as heart disease, and cancer survival rates show almost a four …-fold difference across countries. In short, many countries are not doing as well as they could in the fight against cancer. Cancer …

This profile identifies strengths, challenges and specific areas of action on cancer prevention and care in Slovenia as … part of the European Cancer Inequalities Registry, a flagship initiative of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. It provides a … short synthesis of: the national cancer burden; risk factors for cancer (focusing on behavioural and environmental risk …

This profile identifies strengths, challenges and specific areas of action on cancer prevention and care in Italy as … part of the European Cancer Inequalities Registry, a flagship initiative of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. It provides a … short synthesis of: the national cancer burden; risk factors for cancer (focusing on behavioural and environmental risk …

This profile identifies strengths, challenges and specific areas of action on cancer prevention and care in Luxembourg … as part of the European Cancer Inequalities Registry, a flagship initiative of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. It provides … a short synthesis of: the national cancer burden; risk factors for cancer (focusing on behavioural and environmental …