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Launched the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah yesterday, the campaign to eradicate cervical cancer, organized by the chair, Dr. Abdullah Bisalamh of the women's tumors, in the main lobby of University Hospital.
The supervisor of the chair, Dr. Khalid Hussein, Lucite, said the campaign comes to coincide with the International Month to raise awareness against cervical cancer, indicating that the program of the campaign includes answers to questions from visitors to the exhibition of the medical sheds light on cancer of the cervix, the publications of tariff for prevention of cervical cancer the uterus.
The «Cancer of the cervix of the most dangerous types of cancers affecting women, and the percentage of incidence 1.6 per 100 thousand women, where are recorded 152 cases of new each year, 55 deaths, and expected increase in injuries to 309 new cases, 117 deaths in 2025, If you do not redouble its efforts to fight the disease, to provide access to prevention, raising awareness in women and to urge them to examine the cervix for early detection of cervical cancer.
In a related context, pointed out a coordinated program of early detection of cervical Dr. Nasreen Mohamed Mokhtar, that the program aims to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer through early detection of pre-cancer and treatment, provide the necessary treatment after examination, if they need someone to, to remind women of the dates tests Next, make sure the quality of microscopic examination and receive the necessary treatment, Ms.. It showed that the program is aimed at young women in the age of 30 until the age of 65, are required to be older married her three years.
The «screening in the program is free, and all information was confidential, and supervised by specialists in oncology and women faculty members at the university as well as follow-up and supervision of Professor Kennedy, Professor Abdullah Bisalamh year».
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2/5/2012 11:40:51 AM
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