Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences (IACS)
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Senior researcher at the Aragon Institute of Health Sciences, the Aragon Health Research Institute, and member of the CIBER in liver and digestive diseases (CIBERehd)
Co-coordinator of the Itinerary in Global Health of the Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences IACS.
Research estimates that 15.6 million people born between 2008 and 2017 worldwide will develop gastric cancer at some point in their lives if current trends continue. In Spain, there would be 58,641 cases, or 1.24% of people in this age group. The team used data on gastric cancer from 185 countries in 2022 combined with mortality projections based on United Nations demographic data. The estimates, published in the journal Nature Medicine, show that 76% of cases could be attributed to Helicobacter pylori, a common bacterium found in the stomach.
Counting deaths attributable to the effects of high temperatures is basic as a public health surveillance tool, but it should not become the only research objective. It is necessary to know why the population in some places adapts better than others to heat waves, what variables influence them, and to modify them when possible.