Northern Italy is always at the top, ahead of the Centre, in the rankings for the number of oncological surgery operations, an indicator of the reliability of healthcare facilities which gives guarantees of safety and effectiveness. In this context, the North maintains first place in the rankings for ‘above threshold’ centers, i.e. those that have performed a high number of operations (the limit set is different depending on the type of tumor considered), while the South is growing, but with only 3 virtuous Regions, Puglia, Campania and Sicily, which cover all the pathologies considered. Overall, almost one hospital in two performs below-threshold operations, and only 13 have the quality mark for care pathways.
Tumors, where are they most common and which are the most deadly? The new map of the international agency