title: [Frequency of cancer in a specialty hospital in Mexico City. Implications for the development of early detection methods].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cancer is the second cause of death in Mexico. The Juarez Hospital of Mexico is a highly specialized general hospital in which the frequency of cancer treated at the Oncology Unit is a representative sample of the frequency of cancer in the country.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To learn about the frequency of presentation of tumors diagnosed in a third level hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed all the biopsies and surgical specimens diagnosed as cancer or malignant tumors registered in the pathology unit during the years 2006 to 2010. We grouped the cases by age, sex, and anatomic site.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We identified the 10 most common cancers for both sexes, age groups and sex affected, raising the chances of early detection campaigns reinforce for the most common cancers and try to increase control and cure rates and improve coverage of the economically weak, for their integration into health systems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Information obtained reflects the reality of the country to the general population without entitlements. That in our country women suffer more than men of cancer that breast neoplasms and genital tract are the most frequent, and timely detection systems exist and should be strengthened to achieve greater eligible for early identification of cases in our population.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oncología, Hospital Juárez de México, Secretaría de Salud del Gobierno del Distro Federal, México DF, Mexico. analyherrera@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Analy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herrera-Torre
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oncología, Hospital Juárez de México, Secretaría de Salud del Gobierno del Distro Federal, México DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Francisco Mario
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: García-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oncología, Hospital Juárez de México, Secretaría de Salud del Gobierno del Distro Federal, México DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Rebeca Gil
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oncología, Hospital Juárez de México, Secretaría de Salud del Gobierno del Distro Federal, México DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Xicoténcatl
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Villanueva
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oncología, Hospital Juárez de México, Secretaría de Salud del Gobierno del Distro Federal, México DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández-Rubio
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oncología, Hospital Juárez de México, Secretaría de Salud del Gobierno del Distro Federal, México DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Ziad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Aboharp-Hasan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005260:Female; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cancer; detección oportuna; early detection; neoplasias por sitio anatómico; neoplasm by site