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Thailand developing health system for cancer prevention and control
BANGKOK, June 30 (TNA) - The Thai Ministry of Public Health and Bangkok-based Chulabhorn Hospital have jointly conducted a research on the development of a health system for cancer prevention and control and have launched a five-year pilot project in the country's northeastern Roi-Et Province to study colon, anal, liver and cervix cancer in a bid to contain rising cancer cases in the country.
Thai Permanent Secretary for Public Health Dr. Paijit Warachit said that cancer has been ranked top as the cause of deaths among people in Thailand over the past 10 years and has maintained its upward trend.
Dr. Paijit acknowledged that in 2009 alone, cancer accounted for almost 20 per cent of overall deaths in Thailand, or 56,058 cases, 58 per cent of them were male; while the remaining 42 per cent were female, and that about 50 per cent of the cancer deaths were the elderly; while the rest were those aged 15-59. Besides, official figures showed that liver cancer was found most among the country's overall cancer cases last year, followed by lung, breast, colon and anal cancer.
Dr. Paichit said that his ministry and Chulabhorn Hospital have, therefore, cooperated to develop the health system for cancer prevention and control, and that Roi Et was chosen to launch the pilot project due to its most suitability in terms of personnel and information to facilitate the research.
According to the top Thai health official, during the five-year pilot project, focused on the prevention and control of colon and anal cancer, as well as liver cancer in hepatitis B patients in Roi-Et's two targeted districts, some overall 20,000 sampled patients will be given regular ultrasound examinations and anti-virus pills in order to closely followed up their cancer developments. (TNA)
Thai Permanent Secretary for Public Health Dr. Paijit Warachit said that cancer has been ranked top as the cause of deaths among people in Thailand over the past 10 years and has maintained its upward trend.
Dr. Paijit acknowledged that in 2009 alone, cancer accounted for almost 20 per cent of overall deaths in Thailand, or 56,058 cases, 58 per cent of them were male; while the remaining 42 per cent were female, and that about 50 per cent of the cancer deaths were the elderly; while the rest were those aged 15-59. Besides, official figures showed that liver cancer was found most among the country's overall cancer cases last year, followed by lung, breast, colon and anal cancer.
Dr. Paichit said that his ministry and Chulabhorn Hospital have, therefore, cooperated to develop the health system for cancer prevention and control, and that Roi Et was chosen to launch the pilot project due to its most suitability in terms of personnel and information to facilitate the research.
According to the top Thai health official, during the five-year pilot project, focused on the prevention and control of colon and anal cancer, as well as liver cancer in hepatitis B patients in Roi-Et's two targeted districts, some overall 20,000 sampled patients will be given regular ultrasound examinations and anti-virus pills in order to closely followed up their cancer developments. (TNA)
