Latin America and the Caribbean have difficulty responding to increased morbidity and mortality caused by the disease in an advanced stage. In these countries, the ministries of health and care systems of many health problems associated with the care of patients with advanced cancer face, insufficient funding,
uneven distribution of resources and services; shortages and the training and deployment of personnel and equipment to inadequate health services; lack of proper care for many people due to socioeconomic factors, geographic, ethnic, and others; and the fact that current systems are tailored to the needs of urban minority population with high purchasing power at the expense of the rest of the population. This problem in the development of cancer can cause great suffering and serious economic consequences for the countries of Latin America. They should take prompt and thoughtful to avoid this situation. Efforts focused on cancer prevention and prevention of this disease in an advanced stage of Phase IV will reduce suffering and mortality, and generally make it more affordable cancer care Maggiore. We hope the results of our Commission and our recommendations will actors in Latin America to redouble their efforts to address rising cases of tumors and to prevent deterioration and still threatening their societies. Part 1: Introduction About 12.7 million new cancer cases are diagnosed each year in the world, no substantial improvement occurs in cancer control. Along with this, it is expected that by 2030 the number of annual cases worldwide to 21.3 million and 13.1 million new cases of the disease cancer.1 product in Latin America and the Caribbean will grow estimated 2030 deaths were 1.7 million cases of cancer are diagnosed, and more than 1 million cancer deaths each year.1 economies of Latin America and the Caribbean are produced are growing rapidly, leading to an increase in the quality of the population lives. This increase is associated with an increased sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy, smoking, alcohol consumption, environmental pollutants carcinogenic food habits, exposure to solar radiation, urbanization and aging of the population. In 2020, it is estimated that over 100 million people over 60 live in Latin America and the Caribbean, and more than half live more than 80 years.2 Globally, the contribution of various risk factors of disease they changed significantly, reducing the risk of communicable children about the risk of noncommunicable diseases, including increased incidence of cancer in adults. In 2010, the main risk factors in terms of the incidence of the disease worldwide had hypertension, smoking stuff (including passive smoking), alcohol, air pollution from home, the poor diet of fruits and vegetables, and body mass index. In addition to indoor air pollution, these risk factors are the main causes of chronic diseases in adults, especially cardiovascular disease, and cancer. In most of Latin America, the main risk factors are alcohol disease and body mass index and smoking stuff is the most important risk factor in North America and Western Europe. 3 Figure 1 shows the main demographic cancer in Latin America. An important for the interpretation of these data problems factor because usually these data are extrapolated from hospitals based local or regional data, and only 6% of the population of Latin America is included in cancer registries national, which is in contrast with 96% in the US and 32% in Europe.