THE SPECTER OF CANCER STILL SCARY

February 4th, 2010 | by rarzi |

The Specter of Cancer Still Scary

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Cancer is a frightening ghost for a Indonesian people. The wrong notice about this mildew is still a vital imprisonment in addressing this lethal disease.

“People still understand cancer as a lethal disease, an incurable, as well as can not be prevented as well as a tall price for treatment,” pronounced Director General of Disease Control as well as Environmental Health (P2PL) Ministry of Health, Prof. Tjandra Yoga Aditama, in his matter welcoming Cancer Day fell worldwide upon Thursday (4/2/2010) it.

According to Tjandra, wrong notice about a cancer can not be distant from a still miss of open recognition as well as miss of report about a mildew as well as how to forestall it.

“There have been still many problems as well as obstacles faced, such as miss of report about cancer to a public, a open notice of cancer that is not loyal as incorrigible cancer, a shameful disease, as well as hold in a mystic in a diagnosis of cancer. In addition, a miss of open recognition in preventing cancer as early as possible. On a program, a cancer has not turn a priority, generally in a area, “said Tjandra.

Cancer as well as tumors, one after another Tjandra, concurred was still a tip torpedo diseases in Indonesia. Based upon interpretation from Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) 2008, a growth / cancer is a heading means of genocide no. 7 in Indonesia with 5.7 percent presentation. Riskesdas 2008 interpretation additionally showed that a superiority of growth / cancer in Indonesia is 4.3 per 1000 population.

Breast as well as cervical cancer, a highest
Among a many types, one after another Tjandra, cancer many ordinarily found in Indonesia is a box of cancer of womanlike breast cancer as well as cervical cancer. Based upon interpretation from Hospital Information System (SIRS) in 2007, breast cancer cases available during 8227 (16.85 percent) as well as 5786 breast cancer cases (11.78 percent). While a top cancer in males is lung cancer occurrence with an estimated twenty per 100,000 group (GLOBOCAN, IARC 2002). According to SIRS 2007, cases of bronchus as well as lung cancer were 2847 cases (5.8%)

Currently, Tjandra said, efforts to carry out a series of cancer patients is by approach of preparation as well as impediment “of cancer carry out efforts have been effectively finished is to yield report to a widest open that cancer can be prevented, by meaningful a risk factors as well as to first prevention, secondary, and tertiary integrated, “he said.

MOH additionally try to diminution morbidity as well as mankind of cancer in Indonesia by a programs measured. We have since priority cancer carry out module during a top cancer of cervix cancer as well as breast with a arrangement of early showing of a commander projects in 6 provinces (6th district) as well as a growth until a now regulating in eleven districts / cities, regulating a process of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA ) as well as Clinical Breast Examination (CBE).

“The module of early showing of cervical cancer as well as breast cancer have a aim of 80 per cent of women elderly 30-50 years for a screening that is approaching to equivocate both these cancers. In a year 2014 Ministry of Health aim of twenty-five percent districts in Indonesia will exercise early showing of cervical cancer with IVA as well as breast cancer by CBE, “said Tjandra.