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23/05/2013
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Brasília - From today (23), cancer patients should start treatment by the Unified Health System (SUS) 60 days after the record of the disease in the medical record. The determination consists of Law 12.732/12, sanctioned by President Dilma Rousseff in November last year, which comes into force on Thursday
To help states and municipalities to manage cancer services from the public, the Health Minister, Alexandre Padilha, announced a week ago, the creation of the Cancer Information System (Siscan). The software, available free of charge to the departments of Health, will meet the patient's history and treatment. The government forecast is that, as of August, all records of new cancer cases in the country are made by Siscan.
On occasion, the minister warned that states and municipalities that do not deploy the system to the end of the year will be suspended the transfers made to cancer care. In order to monitor the process of implementation of Siscan and implementation of regional plans for oncology, a commission tracking, permanent, visits hospitals that meet the SUS. The group will assess the working conditions and the ability to deliver oncology care with agility.
Yesterday (22), the general director of the Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo (Icesp), Paulo Hoff, praised the new rule, but demanded resources for enforcement. According to the doctor, who is also professor of Oncology and Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, in institutions that treat cancer by SUS in the state the average time between diagnosis and initiation of treatment is 22 days below required by law. He said, however, that there are cases where depending on the location of the patient and the type of tumor, within three months may pass.
Data from the Ministry of Health show that the NHS currently has 277 enabled services in oncology, including 134 in the Southeast, 63 in the South, 48 in the Northeast, 20 in the Midwest and 12 in the North. The units offer radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgical oncology.
Currently, 78% of patients with early-stage cancer receive treatment within 60 days. Of these, 52% can be met within 15 days. Among patients with advanced cancer, 79% receive treatment within 60 days. Reaches the 44% that can be met within 15 days.
The ministry estimated that the country's record this year 518,000 new cases of cancer. It is estimated that 60,180 men have prostate cancer and 52,600 women are diagnosed with breast cancer. After cardiovascular diseases, cancer is a disease that kills the country.
In 2010, 179,000 people died from the disease. The cancer bronchus and lung was the type that killed more (21,779), followed by stomach cancer (13,402), prostate cancer (12,778), breast cancer (12,853) and colon (8385).
Edition: Graca Adjuto
Source: Agency Brazil
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