The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation
The Lung Cancer Foundation's

LungBlog

An up-to-the-minute dose of health and hope for lung cancer

Bonnie Addario in UCSF Lab
 

Lung Cancer: Fifth Cause of Death in Mexico

lc.jpgBronchial carcinoma or lung cancer is the third and fifth cause of death in Mexico. At the Specialty Hospital of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS, in Spanish) it is the first reason for receiving hospital care and in Puebla it figures as the fifth and sixth cause of death. This was revealed by the chief of the Neumology Clinical Department and Inhalation Therapy from the Specialty Hospital Medical Center Manuel Ávila Camacho from the IMMS, Luis Meneses Guzmán.

This entry was posted on Sunday, March 9th, 2008 at 10:50 am and is filed under Research. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Leave a Reply