Health experts on Oct. 16 called on the community to take action againstcancer at the launch for a communication programme for the preventionof the disease in women.
Organised by the Hanoi-based CancerHospital (K-hospital), the World Health Organisation and the CanadianHealth Bridge Organisation, the event aims to strengthen communityawareness of cancer prevention, especially among groups of women with ahigh risk of developing breast and cervical cancers.
"Mostcancers can be prevented and cured. A joining together by the wholecommunity could minimise cancer's burden on society," said the KHospital Director, Bui Dieu.
The communication programme shouldraise community awareness and develop good habits for cancer prevention,he said. This information should encourage people to seek medicalattention for cancer detection and treatment at the first sign of aproblem.
Ministry of Health recent statistics show that Vietnamhas around 150,000 new cancer cases annually. About half of the patientsare women and 75,000 of the total die from the disease.
Theprogramme also aims at teaching woman simple practices to detect cancerand increase the number of women seeking regular health examinations.
Atthe event, doctors offered cancer consultations to women and a group of150 youngsters rode bicycles around the main streets of Hanoi toadvertise the programme.
World Health Organisation statistics in2008 showed that globally, there were more than 12.6 million new cancercases yearly, including more than 6 million cases in women. The diseasekilled more than 7.5 million people, about half of them women./.
Organised by the Hanoi-based CancerHospital (K-hospital), the World Health Organisation and the CanadianHealth Bridge Organisation, the event aims to strengthen communityawareness of cancer prevention, especially among groups of women with ahigh risk of developing breast and cervical cancers.
"Mostcancers can be prevented and cured. A joining together by the wholecommunity could minimise cancer's burden on society," said the KHospital Director, Bui Dieu.
The communication programme shouldraise community awareness and develop good habits for cancer prevention,he said. This information should encourage people to seek medicalattention for cancer detection and treatment at the first sign of aproblem.
Ministry of Health recent statistics show that Vietnamhas around 150,000 new cancer cases annually. About half of the patientsare women and 75,000 of the total die from the disease.
Theprogramme also aims at teaching woman simple practices to detect cancerand increase the number of women seeking regular health examinations.
Atthe event, doctors offered cancer consultations to women and a group of150 youngsters rode bicycles around the main streets of Hanoi toadvertise the programme.
World Health Organisation statistics in2008 showed that globally, there were more than 12.6 million new cancercases yearly, including more than 6 million cases in women. The diseasekilled more than 7.5 million people, about half of them women./.
