The TÜBA-National Cancer Policies Workshop Report was Published
The Report for the TÜBA National Cancer Policies Workshop, which was held on June 27-28, 2014 by the Cancer Work Group with the participation of over 200 administrators and scientists from a number of different organizations and institutions, has been published.
162,000 new cases of cancer every year…
At the workshop which was attended by TBMM Health, Family, Employment and Social Affairs Commission Chairman Prof. Dr. Necdet Ünüvar, Ministry of Health Advisor Prof. Dr. Eyüp Gümüş and TÜBA Chairman Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cevat Acar, a status analysis was made of cancer, a very important disease and strategies and policies for the future were discussed. Cancer is a disease that occurs for genetic or environmental reasons with 162,000 new cases we encounter every year and nearly 140,000 people have lost their life as a result. Out of the 14 million new cases that are announced in the world every year, 8 million will result in mortality.
The bureaucratic obstructions to cancer research need to be eliminated
At the National Cancer Policies Workshop determinations and recommendations were made on such subjects as Basic Oncology, clinical research, the production of cancer medications and the problems in this field, cancer education, the problems of cancer patients and cancer ethics at the 15 different desks that were set up for discussions and the information was assessed meticulously by the education and support of the Turkish Industry Management and Administration Institute (TÜSSİDE) table monitors and the TÜBA Cancer Work Group and transmitted to a report.
The reported underlined the fact that the number of research studies done in basic and clinical oncology fields in Turkey is far behind North America and Europe, that the path needs to be cleared for cancer research, bureaucratic obstacles need to be removed and more effort needs to be made to increase our country’s contributions to world literature on this subject. Also the lack of medical oncologists and hematology specialists who treat cancer in Turkey, the establishment of palliative care centers in our large and medium provinces and clearing the way for the field of “Medical Ethics Specialty” by the Ministry of Health were subject that time was spent discussing.
It is thought that Workshop Report prepared by TÜBA to be presented to all physicians actively working in Turkey, relevant organizations and institutions, stakeholders and the public will be in important reference source for policy makers.