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By: Andrea Hernández / @andy_hermar
Morelia, Michoacán (MiMorelia.com) .- On average, three out of ten children oncological receive a diagnosis late, which reduces the chances of cure through treatment, said Silvia Chávez Gallegos, president of the association of doctors of the Children's Hospital and chief of the oncology department of the same .
As part of the inauguration of the first National Congress of Pediatric Oncology of the hospital, the state representative has talked about the importance of early detection of cases "we are interested in children arriving at the hospital to receive care", While this forum is focused on high-level doctors.
He said that "in general, cancer has a percentage of non-healing, we believe that out of one hundred patients who are diagnosed 70 by He heals, 30% is not, and has several factors, including late diagnosis. "
He pointed out that 150 patients are currently supported by a team led by five oncologists, which is a successful state:" That's what you should have, a specialist is necessary for all patients and he is covered ", as he said that there are entities that have only two specialists.
In this sense, he said that the Secretariat of Salud in Michoacán (SSM) focused its efforts on the training of first-class doctors for timely detection and thus improve survival indicators.
Cháves Gallegos detailed that of the total of patients half is diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, on the other hand lymphomas and in the third tumors in the head, with ages between first and fifth year of life and on the other hand patients of school age
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