Qilu Evening News Qilu One Point reporter Wang Xiaomeng
From March 11th to 13th, the inaugural meeting and academic meeting of the Patient Education Expert Committee of Shandong Clinical Oncology Society was held in Jinan , Professor Yu Jinming, Chairman of Shandong Clinical Oncology Society, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, President of Shandong First Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Professor Yu Quande, Director of Shandong Health Promotion and Education Center and other relevant experts and leaders attended the meeting. Professor Hu Xudong of Shandong Cancer Hospital was elected as the chairman of the first committee. It is reported that the association is currently the first provincial professional association dedicated to promoting patient science education in the province.
Malignant tumors (cancer) have become one of the major public health problems that seriously threaten the health of the Chinese population. According to the latest statistics from the National Cancer Center, malignant tumors (cancer) Tumor deaths account for 23.91% of all deaths among residents, and the incidence and deaths of malignant tumors have continued to rise in the past ten years. Statistics show that on average, more than 10,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every day, and 7.5 people are diagnosed with cancer every minute. The annual medical expenses caused by malignant tumors exceed 220 billion yuan, and the prevention and control situation is grim.
The top ten cancers in China are: lung cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, neurological Systemic tumors, leukemia, and cervical cancer, these ten cancers account for 83% of all cancer deaths. Most of these cancers are related to lifestyle, and early diagnosis and early treatment of cancer is an important means to improve curative effect and even achieve cure. Therefore, the popularization of healthy lifestyles and the promotion of early diagnosis and treatment are the key points to prevent cancer and improve the early diagnosis rate of cancer.
“Popularize the knowledge of tumor prevention and control, enhance people’s awareness of cancer prevention, implement early diagnosis and treatment of tumors, move the threshold of health forward, and reduce the incidence of cancer To increase the rate of early diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and strengthen patients’ awareness and knowledge of standardized treatment are important work directions for cancer prevention and control in the future.” Hu Xudong said that in response to these problems, professional cancer prevention and control science organizations are urgently needed to promote and advocate And to promote correct cancer science knowledge can be timely and accurately passed on to the general public, in order to achieve the improvement of the national cancer prevention and control knowledge level, reduce cancer incidence and mortality, improve people’s health level, patient education of Shandong Provincial Society of Clinical Oncology An expert committee was established. The committee has gathered the most authoritative and professional tumor science popularization forces in the province, and will contribute to the prevention and treatment of tumors and contribute to a healthy China by setting up a science popularization team, improving the science popularization ability, expanding the scientific popularization form, and expanding the beneficiary population.
On the day of the inaugural meeting of the Patient Education Expert Committee of Shandong Clinical Oncology Society, the first academic conference was also held. In addition to the academic exchanges between experts, a series of health science popularization activities were also carried out through the network platform.