3 minutes agoFor a year, a thousand and 586 Kosovars have been affected by cancer
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(6 years ago)For about a year, a thousand and 586 Kosovars have been diagnosed with cancer. That's three percent higher than last year's. Meanwhile, the average age of cancer sufferers is about 50 years old. And to strengthen women to [...]
He survived breast cancer. And to strengthen other women in Kosovo who suffer from this disease, Mrs. Nafije Latifi has opened the association “jeta Vita”, through which she is helping cancer-affected women. She has appealed to all Kosovo women on World Cancer Day to see if they have doubts or any changes in the body to visit the doctor.
“I know what a patient goes through. Our goal with the opening of the organization has been to let women know. It is good to see a doctor, doing systematic checkups, since early appearance is a relief in treatment, the best quality of life, the least expense, she said.
Oncology Institute Director Ilir Kurtishi said that during 2019 new cancer cases in Kosovo were recorded 1,000 and 586. Compared to last year, there has been a 3 - percent increase.
He added that the treatment of malignant diseases is done in three links, surgically, medical oncology, and radiation treatment, all of which are made in Kosovo.
Since the total number of cancer affects in Kosovo, breast cancer leads to females, until the male lung, the average age of the affected, is about 50.
The Oncology clinic has had numerous challenges during 2019, which it has overcome, and we hope this year that these challenges will be easier, better treatments, as mountain diseases tend to grow like any other country, Kurtishi said.
Arben Bislimi, chairman of the oncologists' association, said one third of the disease that cancer can be prevented if revealed in time.
He adds, however, that cancer is being predicted to double in the third decade of this century, writes Express.
About 9. 6 million people in the world die of cancer every year and are thought to be doubling in the third decade of this century. Cancer is the second most deadly disease, but a third of this disease can be prevented through early detection, avoiding risk factors, and giving us an added reason to act, Bislim said.
At the oncology clinic, we face the sick. We will offer all patients indiscriminately, our human and professional assistance, as together we can succeed, Bislim said.
Unlike the Oncology Clinic, it also performed the treatment of solid tumors from the age of 16 with medicine and radiation.
