Latakia-SANA
The National Cancer Control Committee, in cooperation with Lattakia Governorate, extended the days of the national campaign for early detection of cancer until the end of this month, due to the good demand from citizens to conduct analyzes and procedures for early detection of breast, cervical and prostate cancers.
The head of the programs department in the Latakia Health Directorate, Dr. Wafaa Halloum, said in a statement to SANA reporter today: The extension came as a result of the turnout and achieving the goal set for the campaign, which is to include the largest number of citizens in examinations and analyzes for the early detection of cancers because of its essential role in achieving a full recovery.
Halloum pointed out that the tests offered focused on breast cancer in terms of number, followed by tests and analyzes of cervical cancer and prostate cancer, which witnessed a good turnout, even though it is included for the first time in the early detection plan.
In turn, Dr. Yarob Shahira, head of the Hospitals Division in the Health Directorate, explained that the 4 mobile units continue to work and move from one site to another to include all areas throughout the governorate, where these clinics are currently located in Mr. President’s Square in Jableh and in the village of Bustan Al-Basha in the countryside of Jableh, and their work is subject to an organized mechanism and a device Supervising the task of collecting the names of the beneficiaries, communicating with them, and securing their transfer to the unit to conduct the required examinations and return each to his area.
Shahira pointed out that two mobile clinics affiliated to the Health Directorate are running to reach the target groups, specifically employees in state institutions, in coordination with the governorate and focus on the issue of blood drawing for prostate cancer.
The Head of the Medical Oncology Division at Tishreen University Hospital, Dr. Nader Abdullah, stated that the campaign represents an excellent step to limit the aggravation of tumors and their development to advanced, often incurable degrees, wishing everyone within the target groups to undergo examinations and tests for early detection of cancers, and thus the possibility of full recovery.
For his part, Dr. Ibrahim Shamout from the Oncology Center at Tishreen Hospital stressed the importance of the campaign in the early detection of tumors in their infancy stage so that their treatment would be better on all medical, psychological and even physical levels.
On the 15th of last May, a free campaign was launched at the governorate level for the early detection of three types of cancers (cervical, breast and prostate).
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