29,000 new cancer cases in Saxony alone

There were about 29,000 new cases of cancer in Saxony last year. Every year, about half a million people in Germany contract cancer. At the Saxon Cancer Congress in Chemnitz, experts had discussed, among other things, therapies.

Tailor-made therapies for cancer patients
In Germany every year about half a million people get cancer. According to estimates by the Joint Cancer Registry of the Länder last year, around 29,000 new cases have been reported in Saxony. "In the meantime, about 60 percent of patients survive at least five years," said Health Minister Barbara Klepsch (CDU) on Saturday at the Saxon Cancer Congress in Chemnitz. If the cancer is detected early, almost 100 percent survived. "This is a great merit of science and doctors," said the politician in front of 300 doctors, nurses, caretakers and oncologists who advised on personalized therapies, early detection and antitumor therapies. According to the minister, the therapies tailored to the patient promise a significantly better treatment for cancer.

Death rates in lung cancer and melanoma highest
The President of the Congress, Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. habil. Ursula G. Froster, in a welcoming speech to the congress, had stated that the figures in Saxony, which has a nationwide system of long established cancer registries, are secure, while the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for Germany estimates only the Can deliver disease numbers. Breast cancer, colorectal cancer and prostate cancer are still the "front runners" among new cases. However, mortality rates are highest in lung cancer and melanoma (black skin cancer). The expert explained in her greeting: "The reason for the rising number of cases is not only the demographic development. More and more young patients require very special care and optimal treatment. "(Ad)

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