Bioactives from marine macroalgae, a natural strategy to mitigate the prevalence of skin cancer associated with climate change

The World Health Organization (WHO, 2021), cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide with 7 million cases by 2019, with lung, colon, liver, stomach, skin and breast cancer being the most representative. According to the 2017 statistical yearbook of the National Cancer Institute of Colombia, "it is clear that skin cancer continues to be the malignant tumor pathology with the highest number of new diagnoses in this institution, with 712 cases for the year reported". A 2018 study conducted on records from the National Cancer Institute showed the following information on the frequency and distribution of the disease for the period 1996-2010: • The most frequent skin cancer is basal cell carcinoma which accounted for 52.7% of cases, followed by squamous cell carcinoma with 22.6% and finally melanoma type cancer with 16.1%. • The incidence of malignant melanoma in women is estimated at 4.6 per 100,000 in women and 4.4 per 100,000 in men.

• Autores: Puertas Mejía, Miguel Ángel; Mejía Giraldo, Juan Camilo; Muñoz Castiblanco, Tatiana; Gallego Villada, Manuela; Serna Gómez, María Alejandra; González Berrío, Katherine
• Tipo de recurso: Conferencia (Ponencia)
• Fecha de publicación: 2024
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/47531
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10495/47531
• Palabra clave: Algas Marinas; Seaweed; Neoplasias Cutáneas; Skin Neoplasms; Cambio Climático; Climate Change; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012624; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012878; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057231; ODS 3: Salud y bienestar. Garantizar una vida sana y promover el bienestar de todos a todas las edades
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/