The Head and Neck Cancer Screenings mark the eleventh edition of the Awareness Campaign about the disease, which registers more than 2,500 new cases a year, half of which are diagnosed in an advanced stage.
Toward On September 20, screening, information and awareness actions will be carried out at the Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, in Porto, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the Otorhinolaryngology outpatient consultation space, and in Lisbon, at the Vida e Paz Community Centers in Chelas and Quinta do Lavado, Penha from France. , between 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., and there are also actions in schools from the north to the south of the country.
The initiative in Portugal is developed by the Head and Neck Cancer Study Group (GECCP), which this year “reinforces the importance of three phases of prevention: In primary school, you go through prevent the development of head and neck cancer through activities to change high-risk behaviors and vaccination against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV); in secondary school it focuses on improve early diagnosis and treatmentthrough education about signs and symptoms, and the tertiary is aimed at improve the quality of care provided to patientsto prevent complications and increase the quality of life of survivors.”
According to the president of the GECCP, Ana Joaquim, in Portugal the diagnosis of this disease “It continues to occur late in the majority of patients”highlighting that of the between 2,500 and 3,000 new cases per year, “more than half are diagnosed at an advanced stage“.
Source: Observadora
