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Health consultants and experts agreed that the spread of cancer in Saudi Arabia has reached a "frightening" stage, stressing that the number of injuries is doubling at the rate of 11,000 cases annually, admitting that no treatment center in Saudi Arabia can be considered qualified according to international standards. This came in a new episode of the program "Face the Press" prepared and presented by the journalist Daoud Al-Sharian, and broadcast by the "Al-Arabiya" channel at 10 pm Saudi time, Friday 10/22/2010.

The numbers are rising sharply

For his part, Executive Director of King Fahd Medical City, Dr. Abdullah Al-Amro, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Charitable Society for Cancer Control, said: Although Saudi Arabia is considered one of the Gulf countries with the lowest overall incidence rate, the rate of increase, according to 2005 statistics, represents 10 percent, and is considered a double percentage compared to global rates that do not exceed 2 percent for monitoring cancer cases in one year.

While the expert in carcinogen research at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Dr. Fahad Al-Khudairi, pointed out that one of the most prominent problems in the current health system is that primary health centers that are considered unable to detect the disease and that many practitioners in them cannot do so, either due to poor skills or the lack of availability Modern devices in most of these centers.

As for the consultant and head of the adult oncology department at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Dr. Umm Al-Khair Abdullah Abu Al-Khair, she emphasized that the indicators lead to a 20-fold increase in injuries in the future, noting that in cases of breast cancer, for example, the percentage rises to 23% as an annual increase in injuries, confirming that These percentages are also inaccurate, as there are many cases that are not recorded for many reasons related to the physical condition of the patient, conditions of transportation, or societal habits.

In addition, the Executive Director of Al-Amoudi Breast Cancer Center at King Abdulaziz University, Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi, confirmed that the absence of a culture of "early screening" leads to a disaster in the high rate of cancer cases in Saudi Arabia, noting that many cases do not reach specialized centers until after the case is " In an advanced stage it is difficult or impossible to treat. "

The problem of the absence of a culture of early screening

Dr. Al-Amro added that Saudi Arabia suffers from a problem of inaccurate statistics or uniform recording of cases, indicating that the patient is forced to move between more than one hospital and health center before confirming his condition, indicating that this can be limited through early examination.

Dr. Al-Amro gave an example of the early examination center of the Saudi Charitable Society for Cancer Control, which was able to detect 108 early cases, calling on everyone to conduct an early examination as soon as they reach the age of forty.

Al-Amro called for a national center to adopt a strategy to address the disease, and to activate the supervisory role over centers and entities that entered the treatment line without scientific standards and official qualified licenses.

The infection is not necessarily hereditary

For her part, the head of the adult oncology department at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Dr. Um al-Khair Abu al-Khair, confirmed that the cases of recovery in Saudi Arabia are late than those in developed countries, and that the real problems that patients face are that they are not admitted to specialized centers and hospitals unless they bring reports proving their disease .

Umm Al-Khair denied that the causes of cancer are necessarily hereditary, indicating the importance of extrapolating the family history by the medical practitioner to reach a correct diagnosis, and that among the most important causes of injury are aging, lack of movement, and some dietary habits.

Wrong eating habits

As for Dr. Fahd Al-Khudairi, a carcinologist at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, he said that a thousand cases of breast cancer were monitored until 2005, confirming that 70% of breast cancer cases arrive at a (advanced) stage that is difficult to treat, indicating that resorting to popular treatment also contributed to Not recording many cases.

Al-Khudairi criticized the concentration of specialized treatment centers in certain areas, and delaying referrals of patients to them is only in an advanced stage of the disease, indicating that one of the main problems is that many medical practitioners contribute to the spread of the disease through a mistake of diagnosis, and then the wrong treatment is built on it as well. He considered that the bureaucracy that exists in some aspects of the health system hinders the facilitation of treatment, "as delaying one day makes a difference in the patient''s life."

Dr. Al-Khudairi demanded that consideration be given to the situation of many patients whose financial conditions do not help them in reaching the specialized centers in the main cities, stressing that this ultimately drives them to "death" because they stop treatment because of those circumstances.

Al-Khudairi pointed out that there are currently six million smokers in Saudi Arabia who are candidates for the disease, and that one-third of the infected cases are concentrated in the digestive system, which means that many negative food habits in the Saudi society contribute to raising the infection rates, citing the example with popular popular dishes such as (Mandi) And all kinds of food in which there is direct burning with fire, warning in the context of that of some types of (chips) children that fall under carcinogens.

At the end of his speech, Dr. Al-Khudairi considered that many people have genes that are susceptible to what he described as "carcinogenesis," criticizing the absence of disease checks in many centers and hospitals in the government and private sectors.

Detection sensitivity in breast cancer

Al-Amoudi, who previously had breast cancer, criticized what she described as the "societal problem" that prevents Saudi women from early detection and examination of breast cancer specifically, stressing that many specialist doctors out of embarrassment do not conduct a thorough examination for this type of cancer.

She explained that the situation is really "frightening and harmful to the national economy" in terms of delaying case detection doubling spending on treatment, stressing "the lack of specialized centers with international standards," adding that "the culture of early examination is the real prevention," and that it is unfortunate "that many He has the information, but he does not realize the importance of early examination. "