Cancer claims the largest number of deaths in Moldova after cardiovascular diseases. More than 50,000 cancer cases were recorded in Moldova last year. Breast cancer and colorectal cancer are among the most frequent types of cancer. There were also recorded 18,000 deaths associated with cancers. The data were presented in the fifth National Oncology Congress, IPN reports.
Elisabete Weiderpass, director of the Lyon International Agency for Research on Cancer, said prevention and early detection are the most efficient methods in the fight against cancer and researches in the field should be fortified in Moldova. “The objectives that are to be achieved until 2025 are: to reduce the incidence of cancers of different types as cancer is caused by the lifestyle, such as alcohol abuse, suboptimal nutrition and physical inactivity, and to improve early detection of cancer,” stated Elisabete Weiderpass.
Minister of Health, Labor and Social Protection Viorica Dumbrăveanu said the efforts to control cancer should be consolidated so as to reduce the incidence of cancer and to prevent this disease. “We should unite our efforts so as to increase the level of satisfaction of patients in the current medical context, to develop rehabilitation and palliative care,” she noted.
Emil Ceban, rector of the State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemițanu”, congratulated the National Oncological Institute on its 60th anniversary of the founding. “If we analyze the work of the Oncological Institute during these six decades, we ascertain that its staff consists of extraordinary, professional people with high spirituality who are devoted to the health system and patients. The University of Medicine in 1960 undertook the duties of the National Oncological Dispensary. This Dispensary was transformed, developed and rebuilt into the Oncological Institute,” stated the rector.
Statistics show that over 18 million people are annually diagnosed with cancer worldwide. Most of these persons die.
The fifth National Oncology Congress of the Republic of Moldova continues tomorrow.
