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Updated Thursday, February 1, 2024-10:45

  • Words Queen Letizia asks for resources to research cancer once again: "It is a very complex royal priority"

  • Personal Queen Letizia: "A person I love very much has just been diagnosed with cancer"

This Thursday, Queen Letizia presided over the event organized by the Spanish Association against Cancer (AECC), on the occasion of World Cancer Day. The wife of Felipe VI renews once again her commitment to one of the priority health issues on her agenda, and which she has supported since the time of Princess but whose commitment she consolidated in 2010, when she was named honorary president. permanent of the AECC. Since then, she has never missed the event commemorating World Day and holds regular meetings.

This first day of February he wanted with his presence to give visibility to the

work impact

of a cancer diagnosis. Because according to the Cancer Observatory study,

37.4% of the population

diagnosed with cancer in 2023 is of working age. The risk of becoming

unemployed

increases by 34% in cancer survivors compared to the general population. That is why the Queen has asked to address "the labor perspective so that the entire society reflects."

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Queen Letizia asks for resources to research cancer once again: "It is a very complex royal priority"

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Queen Letizia asks for resources to research cancer once again: "It is a very complex royal priority"


In 2018, Doña Letizia confessed in this event that a person very close to her had just received a cancer diagnosis, and this edition has once again made a personal reference. "All of us in this room

know very dear people

who have had a cancer diagnosis and we know what has happened," she said. "But when they have been at the center of the oncological process and have had the love and support of those around them, things have gone better," she said.

This annual meeting seeks this edition to unite all social actors with the aim of alleviating or

reducing the work impact

on people and cancer survivors, as well as learning about the difficulties they face in their reintegration into the workforce once they have overcome the disease. It is worth remembering that cancer is the most important

social and health problem

in Spain and in the world. It is estimated that, worldwide, one in two men and one in three women will have cancer during their lifetime.

The percentage of people diagnosed with cancer of working age is 38%, more than 110,000 in 2023 alone. On this World Cancer Day, the AECC wanted to focus on this issue, highlighting

the needs

of people with cancer when re-entering the labor market or returning to their job.

The Spanish Association Against Cancer has been the reference entity in the fight against cancer for 69 years. It dedicates its efforts to showing the reality of cancer in Spain, detecting areas for improvement and launching a process of social transformation that allows them to be corrected to obtain a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to cancer.

Through its

Scientific Foundation

, the Association brings together the social demand for research against cancer, financing quality scientific oncological research programs through public competition. Today, it is the social and private entity that allocates the most funds to cancer research:

104 million euros

in 565 projects, in which more than 1,000 researchers participate.

The Association integrates patients, family members, volunteers and professionals who work together to prevent, raise awareness, accompany affected people and finance oncological research projects that will allow

better diagnosis

and treatment of cancer.