Colombia manages to reduce the time of attention in many types of cancer

Cali, Colombia.- (Notimex) .- In Colombia, half of the cancers are diagnosed at an advanced stage, but by migrating to a model of preventive care and diagnosis in a timely manner, it has also been possible to reduce the time they receive treatment, after being qualified for this disease.

In this country, eleven women with invasive bad cancer (which has been irrigated in other parts of the body), and other types of tumors are diagnosed daily. is the colon and the lung.

In the case of bad cancer, the cost per metastasis is $ 61,000, when it is treated at an early stage, the cost is reduced to less than four thousand dollars per patient.

To improve care and reduce costs, this country is moving towards a model of preventive and timely care, reducing the time it takes to access treatment for a patient.

Roche Press Day, it was reported that in the health promotion entities, it was realized that from the diagnostic suspicion at the beginning of the treatment, it would be possible to reduce the time of attention of the three main cancers affecting the Colombian population.

In the case of bad cancer, the time of attention went from 150 days to just 30 days, in the colon, the time was reduced from 148 days to just 20 days, and in the case of this lung disease, the time of attention decreased from 327 days (almost one year) to 40 days

The PES do not provide health services, act as insurers who work with private capital, public or mixed and have networks of medical clinics and hospitals

Carlos Estrada, general manager of Roche in Colombia, mentioned that the first thing to do to treat an illness is to know what it is. In 2017, more than three thousand doctors and nurses were trained. in 28 cities in this country, 53 clinics and hospitals have made a good diagnosis and taken care of the main types of cancer.

In 130 pink clinics, 294 thousand 24 clinical examinations and 608 thousand 251 mammograms were performed. He said funding for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease should be multi-sectoral and that in all countries it should be considered an investment and not an expense, as rapid intervention is needed. In this type of diseases, it affects the economic growth of the countries. (L)