On a daily basis, Vietnam has more than 450 people identified with cancer in 2018 and 315 people die of cancer on average, Vnexpress reported, citing Global Cancer Organization GLOBOCAN.At the French-Vietnamese cancer conference on November 18, Associate Professor Bui Chi Viet, director of Xuyen A Hospital in Vinh Long, said that more than 300,000 Vietnamese people are now living with cancer.
Vietnam detects over 450 fresh cancer cases daily. Photo: Internet
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Vietnam ranks 78 out of 172 countries and territories surveyed for cancer. The survey came out with mortality rates of 110/100,000 people in Finland, Somalia and Turkmenistan. Vietnam had 68,000 fresh cases of cancer in 2000 but the number rose to 126,000 cases in 2010. It is forecast that it will be over 190,000 by 2020.
For men, lung cancer accounts for the highest incidence and mortality, followed by stomach, liver and colorectal cancer. For women, meanwhile, the highest cancer percentage is ranked in the breast, stomach, lung.
Most patients come to the doctor and treatment in the late stage so the treatment is more difficult and expensive. "Most cancers can be cured if detected early, treated promptly and properly," Dr. Viet stressed.
Everyone needs to be aware of disease prevention, early detection of cancer to treat in time. The disease can be prevented by non-smoking, restricted alcohol consumption, healthy eating, keeping the environment clean, periodic health checks, reasonable exercise, moderate weight maintenance, planned birth, vaccination for hepatitis B, HPV and so on, Viet added.
At a conference in October 2018 held by the Vietnam Medical Association and the Ministry of Health, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien said that the efforts to control non-communicable disease is unrewarded because cases of non-communicable disease is increasing at alarming rate across the country.
The root cause of the surge in cases of non-communicable disease is because of people’s low awareness of prevention. Around 45% of males still smoke and 77% of the population consume alcohol, Tien said.
According to WHO, the economic burden on households of non-communicable diseases poses major challenges to global poverty alleviation efforts.
