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01/11/2012
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Law will enter into force 180 days after its publication
Senators approved on Tuesday (30) and now heads to the substitute presidential approval of the House of Representatives to the bill that establishes the maximum period of 60 days from the date of diagnosis to initiation of treatment of cancer patients SUS (Unified Health System).
It is considered the treatment initiated only with the completion of surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy, according to the statement for the case. The law will enter into force 180 days after its publication.
The text also provides access to "free and privileged" to analgesics, derived from opium, for cancer patients who are in pain.
States should provide installation services specializing in oncology, so that areas not contemplated thereafter have access to these services. Failure to comply will be punished with administrative penalties.
Initiative of former Senator Osmar Dias (PDT-PR), the proposal was expanded in the House of Representatives to fix the maximum period of treatment. The Rapporteur, Senator Ana Amelia (PP-RS), recalls in its opinion that the delay in starting treatment is a major problem in the treatment of cancer in Brazil.
Ana Amelia recognizes that the mere conversion of the law will not result in the end of cancer deaths in Brazil, but will represent a milestone for cancer therapy in the Country
Source: R7 News
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