Overview
- AIOM estimates for 2026 indicate cancer mortality rates falling 17.3% in men and 8.2% in women compared with 2020–2021.
- Nearly 3.7 million people in Italy are living after a cancer diagnosis, with about one million considered fully cured.
- Alleanza Contro il Cancro reports overall cancer incidence down 2.6% in Italy versus 2022.
- The implementing decree DM 4/2026 has made ‘oblio oncologico’ protections operational, extending coverage to those in follow-up or treatment and lifting the protected population to at least 2.5 million, according to FAVO.
- AIRC, Fondazione Umberto Veronesi and Fondazione AIOM are collecting signatures for a citizens’ bill to add €5 to the price of all nicotine products, with about 18,000 of 50,000 needed signatures gathered.