Lung Cancer in Peru

• Autores: Ruiz, Rossana, Galvez-Nino, Marco, Poquioma, Ebert, Limache-García, Abel, Amorin, Edgar, Olivera, Mivael, Valdiviezo, Natalia, Trejo, Juan M., Heredia, Adela, Sarria, Gustavo, Aguilar, Alfredo, Raez, Luis, Neciosup, Silvia P., Gomez, Henry L., Payet, Eduardo, Mas, Luis
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Repositorio: UPC-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/652438
• Enlace del recurso: http://hdl.handle.net/10757/652438
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Lung Cancer

Peru is a South American nation with a growing and aging population of 31 million people with a life expectancy at birth of 76.7 years. The country is divided into 25 regions, 79% of the population is urban, and Lima, the capital, concentrates more than a third of the population.1 Although Peru is an upper-middle-income country, health expenditure represents only 5.1% of the gross domestic product, which is lower than the average of Latin America and the Caribbean (LATAM) (8.56%).2 Out-of-pocket health expenditure is 30.9%.3 Peru has a comprehensive National Cancer Plan and two population-based cancer registries in Lima and Arequipa.