Abbasi: 20% annual increase numbers of cancer patients
20 thousand Jordanian cancer patient in 2020
AMMAN Algd- an international conference to blood diseases, confirmed concluded its work in Amman recently, and organized by the Society of Hematology in the Medical Association, the importance of early detection of cancer, and the importance of preventive medicine, and increase awareness of the dangers of this serious disease.
The chairman of the conference, President of the Association, Dr. Salah Abassi, and works in the King Hussein Cancer Center, that cancer patients in Jordan "is growing, and by 20% annually," expected to jump the number of people year from cancer in 2020 to about 20 thousand, pointing out that the last count of the number of patients 2011 Jordan was about five thousand injured.
And between Dr Abbasi that the conference, which lasted three days and participated by a large number of doctors from 17 countries, discussed the 26 lecture and scientific symposium, which included various blood cancers, such as leukemia acute leukemia, and leukemia, chronic blood, and cancers of the lymph glands, diseases of benign blood, Add to another conclusion reached by science in blood diseases and Srtanadtha, and the cultivation of the spinal cord stem cells, Kalnsev and stroke morbidity and platelets.
He noted that this conference is the third of the Assembly, said "all the conferences won greatly admired in the Jordanian, Arab and international medical arena."
And the price of the State to treat cancer patients Jordanians free of charge, a high cost to treat disease, with the expectation that there is no Jordanian patient Baltlasemia year 2020.
For her part, President of the Scientific Committee of the Conference and Assembly Dr. Ghadir Abdeen indicated that an excellent selection of lecturers "participated in the conference, and various leading countries in this key medical specialty," emphasizing the importance of education, she said, "here the role of the media in this area comes to increase awareness of this serious illness ".
She emphasized that the number of cancer patients is increasing, and for reasons, including the lack of early detection and environmental pollution, smoking, of all kinds and many other reasons
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