Cancer hurts parents in Egypt

Twenty years ago, Eman followed up with his sister, Mona, for her health check, after she complained of the pain in her bads and the appearance of her baby. Strange bumps in her. Talking about cancer at the time was difficult, given the lack of awareness and the difficulty of the course of treatment. The Egyptians were afraid to quote his name and called it "malignant disease" and had to be followed directly by the prayer "Oh, may God save us".

Mona had two daughters and a son at the beginning of school, unaware of their mother's illness. Despite her husband's support for her, her only refuge was her older sister Iman. The sister says: "At first, I was always rebadured: do not be afraid .. God willing, good … A little tired does not go in the case, but these words are no longer helpful after the doctor asked them to have a mammogram to determine the nature of the tumors. " I did not think for a moment that the result would confirm the presence of malignant cancer cells, I did not even think of this possibility because it meant that she would die ".

The result of the radiation, and Iman learned through a phone conversation with her sister's husband. She says, "At the intensity of my fear, I did not exist with when the result appeared." Indeed, what she was afraid of, she had a nervous breakdown crying and shouting, she said, until she became nervous and went to her sister's home. "At that time the situation was different … The cancer was scary and terrifying and meant the end … I was scared of her, especially since she was young." and that his children were young. "

On the day of the operation to completely remove Mona's bad, Iman possessed surprising strength and rigidity: "The day of the operation, I was scared of myself." I was afraid to collapse, but I was so happy to have stayed in the operating room, I did not even cry, maybe the operation lasted three hours and maybe ten o'clock, I did not feel the time. "

Muna was restored after two years of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, during which Iman was the true and responsible for the treatments until healing.

According to the World Health Organization, cure rates for some of the most common cancers, such as bad cancer, cervical cancer, oral cancer and colorectal cancer , are higher when they are detected early and treated according to best practices.

About four years after my first surgery, there were bumps and tumors in her other nipple, as well as a cancerous tumor. She completely removed it during the second surgery and underwent the same treatment, but this time it was harder for Mina and easier for her sister Eman. "The second time, I knew that it was quite possible that the cancer cells had formed again, I continued to accompany Mina to the doctor, during chemotherapy and radiotherapy sessions, and I I knew a lot, "she says. Mona has recovered since that day, continues to take drugs that limit the turnover of cancer cells and performs periodic medical examinations and images to make sure that cancer cells do not form.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health confirmed in 2017 that the cancer rate in Egypt was 166.6 people per 100,000 inhabitants. In general, the Arab countries are getting closer to the cancer rates in Egypt. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in most parts of the Arab world. The same goes for men: the most common diseases vary from country to country and bladder cancer ranks first in Egypt.

At the global level, liver cancer is the most common in men, with 33.63 cases per 100,000 men, followed by bladder cancer with 10.7 cases per 100,000 men. In women, the most common is bad cancer, with 32.4 cases per 100,000 women, followed by liver cancer, with 13.54 cases per 100,000 women.