| In all the publication, The World Health Organisation | | | | · links between a number of infections and certain |
| (W.H.O.) summarise what we know about cancer | | | | types of cancer |
| from scientific research: | | | | · parasitic infection schistosomiasis |
| Cancer is largely preventable: | | | | · exposure to some forms of ionizing radiation |
| By stopping smoking, providing healthy food and | | | | · excessive ultraviolet radiation |
| avoiding the exposure to carcinogens. | | | | W.H.O. treatment priorities to day |
| The most frequent cancer types are curable by | | | | Very important: Early detection improves chances of |
| surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The chance of | | | | survival, but WHO stress 'only when linked to effective |
| cure increases substantially if cancer is detected early. | | | | treatment'. The WHO wants to increase our |
| Quality of life of cancer patients and their families can | | | | awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and |
| be greatly improved by the provision of palliative care. | | | | help set up regular screening of apparently healthy |
| Recommendations from the World Health Organisation | | | | individuals. |
| concerning cancer include action in the following areas: | | | | Very important: Accurate diagnosis of cancer is the |
| · eliminating exposure to cancer causes | | | | first step to effective management. Care of cancer |
| · reducing individual susceptibility to the effects of | | | | patients starts with recognition of some kind of |
| these causes | | | | abnormality in the body, followed by a visit to a health |
| · serving the greatest public health potential | | | | care facility for diagnosis. Once a diagnosis is |
| · identifying the most cost-effective long-term | | | | confirmed then the disease is 'staged'. The patient |
| cancer control | | | | might be referred to a specialist cancer treatment |
| · tobacco control | | | | centre. |
| · obesity control | | | | The Orthodox treatment for the cancer is likely to |
| · control of composition of the diet | | | | involve a mixture of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, |
| · control of consumption of alcoholic beverages | | | | hormonal therapy and surgery. The primary objectives |
| Cancer control is a public health approach aimed at | | | | of cancer treatment are: cure, the prolongation of life |
| reducing causes and consequences of cancer by | | | | and improvement of the quality of life. |
| translating our knowledge into practice. | | | | Survival rates - the statistic datas |
| The prevention programmes from the World Health | | | | The Survival rates in standard treatments vary |
| Organization sees cancer-prevention as part of | | | | according to the variety of cancer. |
| integrated, national strategies. They identify the risk for | | | | - uterin corpus,breast,testis and melanoma produce a |
| cancers above are common to all non communicable | | | | 5-year survival rate of 75% |
| diseases including heart, diabetes and respiratory | | | | - pancreas, liver, stomach and lung are generally less |
| problems. All Prevention programmes for all chronic | | | | than 15 % |
| diseases are able to use the same surveillance and | | | | Because of the nature of cancer, many patients |
| health promotion techniques. According to WHO | | | | present themselves with advanced disease. The only |
| recognised causes of cancer include: | | | | realistic treatment for these patients is pain relief and |
| · occupational and environmental exposure to a | | | | palliative care. For insurance purposes, cancer is often |
| number of chemicals | | | | regarded as incurable. |