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On World Cancer Day, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection has presented the National Cancer Control Program 2021-2031, in a conference with the participation of health structures, specialists in the field and local and international partners.
The Minister of Health and Social Protection, Ogerta Manastirliu in her speech said that the vision of this program is that in 10 years we have fewer patients with tumors, more lives saved and more care and support for patients with tumors and for their families.
Noting that steps have been taken in terms of prevention and early diagnosis of tumors, this new program envisions a series of other interventions, including for the first time funding the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
“Our early breast cancer screening programs have moved forward thanks to the investments that have been made and the maximum effort for universal coverage, through the investment of the entire mammography network already in every regional hospital. The focus in this 10 year period will be to increase the coverage of the percentage of women who do this examination, which is life-saving for every woman. Another component to this program that we want to implement in the next 3 years is the inclusion of the HPV vaccine in our national program. I believe that with this, they will give a new level to the entire primary prevention system “, said Manastirliu.
The Minister of Health said during her speech that there is an increase of 70% of cancer patients who have received services in our public health system, assessing it as an indicator that the health system is well equipped, expressing the conviction that in 10 years will have an improvement in the treatment of tumors.
“The health system today is much more accessible and today we have the opportunity to make an effective treatment according to tumor protocols in the country. But in these years we have increased by 150% the budget for chemotherapy treatments, with immunotherapy. We have improved radiotherapy through investments in linear accelerators in the oncology service and have enabled us to have a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of tumors, which still has a long way to go in relation to personalized treatment. What results in relation to the standardized fatality rate, taking here the active working age, we have a decrease. And on the other hand we have a 70% increase in patients who have received service in our public health system. What does it mean? It means that, if we have a 16% increase in tumor incidence, we have a 70% increase in patients who have received service. It means that the health system today is much better equipped, it is much more accessible “, said Manastirliu.
Speaking about the palliative treatment of patients suffering from tumor diseases, Manastirliu said that in this 10-year program is placed the capillary extension instead of palliative care, not only in special centers in each region, but including even more this service to the family doctor.
Over 6 thousand new cases of cancer are identified every year in our country. The most commonly diagnosed cancers in Albania are lung cancer and breast cancer. Skin cancers, although of lower risk, are also very common. These 3 categories of tumor diseases together account for almost 40% of all new cases reported each year by the health system.
Hospitalizations in the public health system from cancer and tumor diseases have been steadily increasing for both men and women. Tumor diseases remain the second most common cause of fatalities, causing about 16% of deaths each year.
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