They promote an awareness campaign on cancer prevention

SALTA (Redaccin) In the pre-commemoration of the Give the world against cancer (4 February), the Ministry of Public Health of Salta province issued a series of recommendations for the inhabitants of the district to become aware of the importance of healthy life, to avoid practices or habits that may lead to the formation of cancerous conditions.

In its statement, the Ministry indicated that the word "Cancer"It applies to a wide variety of diseases that can occur in different areas of the body.In this line, it was stipulated that a cancerous tumor could come from any organ and, therefore, cause a metatase, a situation that occurs when invaded by tumor cells, which multiply rapidly.

Regarding the treatment of these diseases, the portfolio indicated that, depending on the course of the disease, patients may have access to surgery, radiation therapy or chemotherapy to remove the tumor , and indicated that these modalities involved immunotherapy and hormone therapy. In this sense, the importance of obtaining early diagnosis has been emphasized in order to reduce the scope of the disease.

As a form of prevention for this type of case, Public Health has recommended maintaining a healthy lifestyle. For this, a series of actions to be taken into account were mentioned: take into account behavioral and dietary risk factors; avoid the consumption of tobacco and alcoholic beverages, as well as exposure to the sun without adequate protection; do not eat foods in poor condition or, in this case, those that could compromise the body; and do regular physical activity to avoid overweight and obesity.

In terms of statistics, the ministry said that 30% of cancer deaths result from frequent consumption of snuff and alcohol, as well as overweight, obesity, lack of alcohol, and high blood pressure. physical activity and even the lack of fruits and vegetables in diets. In addition, they argued that exposure to ultraviolet light was another of the most common risk factors.