Confronting Breast Cancer" ... The most prominent problems and calls for solutions

Princess Adela Bint Abdullah: The private sector is invited to support scholarship programs under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Adela bint Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, and in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Haifa Al-Faisal, the conference hall at the Lothan Women''s Hotel hosted the "Pioneering Women Successful Confronting Breast Cancer" forum Tuesday evening The past, as part of the comprehensive campaign organized by the Ministry of Health entitled "Discover Breast Cancer Yourself", the forum included introductory lectures for some NGOs operating in America and Australia and a presentation of a woman''s experience with cancer.

During the meeting, many related local issues that need a lot of research and study and finding appropriate solutions were discussed, such as how the bad news reaches the patient and her family, where does the person who discovers that she has a malignant tumor go, and the lack of medical and nursing counseling for a cancer patient at all stages starting from the beginning Symptoms and how to deal with each symptom separately.

Among the issues that were strongly raised at the forum also was the failure to cover medical insurance for cancer treatment, and the patients having to wait in long waiting lists until they could find a place for themselves in a government hospital and excluding the treatment of residents from the list of those receiving treatment except by a toxic order. The societies also discussed the husbands ’attitude towards their wives with cancer, and the lack of cosmetic compensation methods that raise the spirits of the cancer patient and beautify the defects that occur with her after starting chemotherapy.

Positive forums

Princess Adelah, Chair of the Board of Directors of Sanad Charitable Society for the Treatment of Childhood Cancer, said in a statement after the end of the forum that the Kingdom has an integrated work team that focuses its efforts in serving the cause of cancer patients, as there are qualified doctors, equipped hospitals, and volunteers recovering from disease to explain their experiences and the civil associations that support the awareness campaigns, which include Sanad Association, this is positive and supports the success of the awareness campaign.

Her Highness called for the repetition of such forums at all levels to follow the development in this issue and to find out the developments first, Powell. She also called on every cancer recovered to apply to the organizers of the awareness campaign in order to present his experience to contribute to reducing the impact of the disease on the patient and society as a whole.

Her Highness said: In such forums, we learn about the challenges facing cancer patients, and we can provide support to meet the existing need by implementing scholarships for nurses and health educators to deal with patients and their families properly. We can also support a short program about positive experiences during the treatment period, and there are many things that can be done. Its work is to support private sector institutions, non-profit associations and recovering individuals to reach the desired goal.

Lectures and experiments

It is mentioned that this forum came at the invitation of Dr. Umm al-Khair Abu al-Khair is a consultant and head of the adult oncology department at King Abdulaziz Medical City for the National Guard and included lectures by Dr. Helen Zor Bass, Director of the National Breast Cancer Center in Australia, Dr. Barry Blavitt, Executive Director of Enovara United States of America, and Dr. Annie McTiernan, Director of Preventive Medicine at the Fred Hitchenson Cancer Research Center In the United States of America.

As for Dr. Wafa Al-Suwairi, she spoke about her own experience with cancer in a conversation that raised a number of local issues about cancer. She also participated in the forum, Zahra Breast Cancer Association, Sanad Charitable Society for Supporting Children with Cancer Patients, King Abdulaziz Women’s Charitable Society in Qassim, and the Health Information and Information Center At the Ministry of Health.

She met 20 women, half of whom were Saudi women who specialize in this field, and the other half of the participating women represented the United States of America, Australia and a number of Arab and Gulf countries.

The forum organized by King Abdulaziz Medical City under the slogan "Pioneering Women .. Successful in Confronting Cancer" reviewed the outstanding efforts of the participating women in combating this disease and the distinguished activities and research they have provided in their countries.

A prevention dirham

Dr. Umm Al-Khair, the supervisor of the forum, said: "Through the meeting, which is held for the first time in the Kingdom, we look forward to getting to know each other specialists in the field of breast cancer inside and outside Saudi Arabia and the efforts they have made in this aspect, so that each of the participants talks about her experience. In her country. "

She added: "A number of working papers and lectures were presented at the meeting, in addition to discussing the implementation of joint research that will benefit everyone," noting that the meeting "reviewed the Kingdom''s efforts in the field of breast cancer, and urged the local community to initiate early detection of the disease considering that it is a prevention dirham." Better than a pound of cure. "

In turn, the pharmacist, Amal Muawiya Abu Al-Jadayel, supervisor of the Health Media Information Center at the Ministry of Health, explained that the center organized its first campaigns in 2004 AD and it was decided to repeat the campaign every two years to spread to all regions of the Kingdom and praised the high level of local awareness of the disease year after year. A note of the free number that every patient can call to obtain The medical information you want is strictly confidential and with great care (8002494444)

It is noteworthy that breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among Saudi women, at a rate of 22.4%, as 50% of cases are discovered in an advanced stage of the disease, which reduces the chances of recovery, which prompts more efforts to raise the level of health awareness for women.