According to Inca, the fight against cancer depends on the whole of society – Government of Brazil

Actions that strengthen the importance of the population for the prevention and treatment of cancer will mark World Cancer Day, celebrated on Monday (4). In Brazil, the "I am and I want" campaign of the National Cancer Institute, José Alencar Gomes da Silva (Inca), aims to show that the fight against the disease does not depend solely on health professionals.

" All sectors of society have the potential to contribute, whether by reducing environmental risk factors (pollution, unhealthy diet etc. ), or by raising awareness to cancer, which can potentially affect anyone "[19659004] elocio Mendes, di is a substitute of the institute .

In addition to raising public awareness of the role of society in the management of the disease, this date is also an opportunity for to discuss the living conditions of people who have survived cancer, affected their lives and the impact on families .

According to Inca estimates, during the year 2018-2019, bad and prostate cancers will be the most prevalent types in Brazil, excluding non-cancerous skin cancers. melanoma. During this period, 68,220 new cases of prostate cancer are estimated per year. These values ​​correspond to an estimated risk of 66.12 new cases per 100 000 men.

For the bad, an estimated 59,700 new cases occur each year, with an estimated risk of 56.33 cases per 100,000 women. An anarchist from the Division of Early Detection and Support to the Network Organization of Inca explains that lifestyle changes are the means to prevent these cancers and other forms of cancer. Therefore, it is important to maintain a healthy diet, exercise, not to smoke, and to avoid the consumption of alcoholic beverages . Inca recommends mammography for women aged 50 to 69 every two years. For prostate cancer There are no screening recommendations as routine screening may do more harm than good. The Department of Health and the World Health Organization do not indicate that men without signs or symptoms pbad exams such as a rectal examination, for example.

The recommended strategy for men is the early diagnosis of looking for the signs and symptoms of this cancer, being the most common: difficulty urinating; delay the beginning and end of urination; decreased urinary output; need to urinate more often day or night and presence of blood in the urine ", says Renata The diagnosis type Ess and is also recommended for bad cancer, which presents itself as the main signs and symptoms: presence of fixed and painless mbad in the bad or armpits, bad skin that looks like orange peel, abnormal flow of fluid in the bads "The population must be vigilant and consult promptly with the health service to perceive any of these symptoms, especially men, indicating that studies have been delayed in research of health care because of cultural problems ", concludes the sanitarista.

The united system of health (SUS) offers a free treatment against the cancer. It exists today 288 units and qualified care centers s to treat patients with the disease. All Brazilian states have at least one hospital oncology where it is possible to practice an examination s and of more complex surgeries. See here the list of units of the SUS network specialized in cancer .