Cancer initiatives in Sudan
Cancer initiatives in Sudan
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DOI：
10.1093/annonc.mdl985
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
50.5
通讯作者：
Hamad, H. M. A.
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作者：
Hamad, H. M. A.
苏丹广泛的种族和气候多样性在许多方面使其成为非洲的一个缩影。苏丹正在经历一场迅速蔓延的癌症疫情，这带来了许多发展中国家特有的挑战。这些疾病包括晚期难治性疾病的高发病率，以及与传染病相关的高癌症负担。为了解决这一问题，苏丹制定了一项全面的国家癌症控制方案，重点是预防、及早发现、改进治疗和姑息治疗。该方案侧重于三种常见癌症，它们都有有效的预防、筛查和治疗；乳腺癌、宫颈癌和口腔癌。本文介绍了通过提高公众认识运动和对医疗专业人员的教育以及苏丹正在实施的筛查方案采取的一些预防方法。苏丹提供了一个例子，说明在资源非常少的情况下执行全面和精心规划的国家癌症控制方案如何能够改善癌症患者的生活。
The broad ethnic and climatic diversity of Sudan makes it in many ways a microcosm of Africa. Sudan is experiencing a burgeoning cancer epidemic that carries many challenges that are characteristic of developing countries. These include a high incidence of advanced, difficult-to-treat disease at presentation, and a high cancer burden that is related to infectious diseases. To address this problem, Sudan has instituted a comprehensive national cancer control programme which is focused on prevention, early detection, improved treatment and palliative care. This programme focuses on three common cancers for which effective prevention, screening and treatments are available; breast, cervical and oral cancer. This article describes some preventive approaches through public awareness campaigns and education of medical professionals, and screening programmes that are being instituted in Sudan. Sudan provides an example of how the implementation of a comprehensive and carefully planned national cancer control programme in a very low-resource setting can improve the lives of cancer patients.