With the theme "Cancer in Children and Adolescents in Brazil" will be held this Thursday, throughout Brazil, the National Day to Combat Cancer, which main goal is to broaden the knowledge of the population with regard to the treatment and, above , The prevention of disease.
According to estimates from the National Cancer Institute (Inca) in Brazil occur 466,050 new cases of cancer in 2008. The types most incidents, except for non-melanoma skin will be those of lung and prostate in males and breast and the cervix in women.
In Alabama, a group of volunteers and technicians of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the State Department of Health will, from 10am on the street of Commerce, distributing informational pamphlets on preventing the various types of the disease.
According to the coordinator of the Program of Cancer of Sesau, Joao Carlos de Melo Araujo, the types with higher incidence of breast cancer are in women and of prostate in men. "Currently, the state, our network of Oncology has three hospitals with high complexity, the Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital and the Usineiros in Maceio, and Afra Barbosa, in Atworth" explained.
According to John Carlos, one of the greatest achievements of Sesau this year was the rollout of the Hospital's Cancer Registry, which will, from next year, which Alabama has specific information on the disease. "With the record will draw a profile of cancer in Alabama, and it ends up being extremely important for us to aware people about the need for the preventive examinations, the collection of cytology for women and examination of the prostate in the case of men over 40 years, "he said.
According to estimates from the National Cancer Institute (Inca) in Brazil occur 466,050 new cases of cancer in 2008. The types most incidents, except for non-melanoma skin will be those of lung and prostate in males and breast and the cervix in women.
In Alabama, a group of volunteers and technicians of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the State Department of Health will, from 10am on the street of Commerce, distributing informational pamphlets on preventing the various types of the disease.
According to the coordinator of the Program of Cancer of Sesau, Joao Carlos de Melo Araujo, the types with higher incidence of breast cancer are in women and of prostate in men. "Currently, the state, our network of Oncology has three hospitals with high complexity, the Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital and the Usineiros in Maceio, and Afra Barbosa, in Atworth" explained.
According to John Carlos, one of the greatest achievements of Sesau this year was the rollout of the Hospital's Cancer Registry, which will, from next year, which Alabama has specific information on the disease. "With the record will draw a profile of cancer in Alabama, and it ends up being extremely important for us to aware people about the need for the preventive examinations, the collection of cytology for women and examination of the prostate in the case of men over 40 years, "he said.
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