National seminar talks cancer prevention in women
At the
biennial function, more than 300 experts from cancer hospitals and
institutes across Vietnam shared their experience in cancer prevention,
diagnosis and treatment, and worked on the implementation of national
programmes on cancer prevention and control.
The 7th seminar heard updates from leading experts on breast, oesophagus, lungs and thorax cancer among others.
Latest advances in cancer prevention and treatment to early diagnose
the disease, thus improving therapy quality, were also introduced at the
event.
The World Health Organisation forecasts 300 million new
patients and 200 million deaths from cancer in the next 25 years, most
of them in developing countries.
In Vietnam, an additional 150,000 people suffer from cancer and 75,000 others die of the disease every year.
Cancer prevention and control in the country is reportedly
encountering a number of difficulties due to poor facilities, a shortage
of cancer specialists and communication staff, and the worsening
overload at specialist hospitals.-VNA