(ANSA) - TURIN, 20 MAY - A book to "go back, stop in the middle and start again": tells the past with an eye to the future 'Candiolo trentacinque', the photographic volume edited by ANSA, with the support of the Piedmont Regional Council , which tells the story of the Piedmontese Foundation for Cancer Research.
The presentation today at the Book Fair, the Piedmont Arena as the background to a particularly heartfelt moment, because Candiolo "is a pride for the whole of Piedmont, a pole of excellence at an international level, a reference point for cancer centers - underlines the President of the Regional Council , StefanoAllasia - the real flagship of Piedmontese healthcare, which has become an international model for research and treatment ".
Divided into four chapters, the volume describes the activities of the only Institute for Scientific Hospitalization and Care (Irccs) in Piedmont, namely the treatment and research against cancer, made possible by the solidarity of hundreds of thousands of Piedmontese.
To recall the beginnings, 35 years ago, the president of the Piedmontese Foundation for Cancer Research, Allegra Agnelli: "when I leafed through the volume the first time, I was excited. For me it is a really important book".
"I found in Candiolo - adds the deputy scientific director, Vanesa Gregorc - not only a national and international center of excellence but a great energy and determination in wanting to accelerate growth, competence, and patient care", which improves year by year thanks to ever new investments .
"For ANSA it is a duty to participate in these projects - comments the director of the Agency, Luigi Contu, in a video link -.
We feel the great responsibility of offering serious information, especially on issues such as health. good of people. The images speak to them more than many words and seeing the smiling faces of the medical and nurses patients widen the heart, as well as the images of solidarity. A book that, like the Foundation, looks to the future ".
In 35 years, Gianmarco Sala, director of the Piedmontese Foundation for Cancer Research, recalls, there have been 3 million supporters, including institutions, companies and citizens.
Among them was the testimonial Cristina Chiabotto: "When this great opportunity arrived it was very easy to choose to accept - she says -, we must all unite to support realities like these and communicate how important it is to support Candiolo".
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