
BMC Seminar Thursday April 27 at 12:00 in Læknagarður, room 201
Name: Sigríður Gunnarsdóttir, Director of the Research and Registration Center at the Icelandic Cancer Society
Title: Cancer in Iceland; the current and future situation
Abstract: A large increase in the number of cancer cases worldwide is predicted in the coming years and decades. At the same time, due to advances in cancer treatment, the number of people who survive a cancer diagnosis is increasing. In this talk, the future forecast for Iceland will be presented, it will be compared with the neighboring countries and it will be discussed what effect the increase in cancer cases will have on the need for health services.
This seminar will be streamed on Teams: Click here to join the meeting