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The Ministries of Social Solidarity and Health and Population will launch on Sunday the activities of the “Sooner is Safer” campaign, in nine governorates across the Republic, encouraging citizens to undergo early detection and treatment of various cancerous tumors.
Egypt has joined the group of member states of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) after years of promoting cancer research and prevention efforts.
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced that Egypt has joined the group of member states of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), becoming the 29th country participating in the agency, as a culmination of the Egyptian state’s efforts to promote cancer research and prevention efforts over the past years.
Also, 118,000 were diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver.
In this article, et reviews all details of the second phase of early detection of tumors initiative that was launched in Egypt on Wednesday.
The ministry explained that the initiative aims to detect the disease in the early stages, thus reducing deaths resulting from it, and reducing the financial burden in late cases.
Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar has announced that some 116,000 patients have been registered to receive treatment under the program on early detection of liver cancer.
The initiative targets the early diagnosis of four types of cancer.
It is operational through an electronic network system linking health units, medical convoys and hospitals nationwide to facilitate measures before citizens seeking to obtain the service, he added.
The ministry explained that there are at least 14 types of the virus that are responsible for cancer and are called very dangerous viruses.
Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, revealed the launch of a new presidential initiative, which is screening for different types of cancer.
The factory is worth $1 billion.
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population revealed a map of the treatment of cancerous tumors for adults and children, stressing that early detection contributes to the rapid treatment of the disease.
Internationally acclaimed French pianist Richard Clayderman to perform in Egypt to support cancer patients
Official at the Ministry of Health and Population Olfat Ghorab stated in a phone-in Tuesday that there is a plan to produce 76 medications of high value.
After a long wait for around 15 years, Egypt’s Kafr el-Sheikh governorate, in Delta, will inaugurate soon its first oncology center that is aimed to end the suffering of thousands of patients in the governorate, and neighboring governorates.
The Ministry of Health and Population made the announcement Monday.
He further said that the program resulted in the treatment for about 2.2 million people.
The minister said that Egypt is particularly interested in devices that screen patients for brain tumors.
Former hepatitis C patients developed liver cirrhosis, which in turn raised liver cancer cases.
