A Message of Hope
Advances in Cancer Research and Treatment
Advances in cancer research offer a message of hope to patients. Whether it’s progress in treating liver cancer or reducing the side effects of chemotherapy, every step forward counts.
LIVER CANCERS
The Pasteur Institute in Lille is making progress in its research
Immune system cells can detect and then destroy new cancer cells. Researchers are exploring this lead to try to find a treatment for liver cancer.
Researchers are currently conducting extensive research on the data collected over the past few years.
Cancers: the most common
Breast cancer
The most common cancer in women. Today, more than 85% of patients are alive 5 years after their diagnosis.
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Prostate cancer
The most common cancer in men. It accounts for 26% of cancer cases in men.
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Lung cancer
Only 17% of patients are alive 5 years after diagnosis. It is the leading cause of death from cancer.
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Colorectal cancer
According to recent studies, one in thirty people are affected. The survival rate is 63%.
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Kidney cancer
It accounts for about 3% of cancer cases. It affects men twice as much as women.
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Bladder cancer
81% of patients are male. The average age of discovery of this cancer is 70 years.
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A STATE OF MIND TO BE MAINTAINED ON A DAILY BASIS
Living with a chronic disease
The announcement of a chronic disease disrupts the patient’s daily life. Often, patients first go through a phase of incomprehension and rejection. Consultation with a psychologist is strongly recommended to help the patient develop a state of mind that allows them to move forward.
- Accepting and understanding the disease
- Talking about it to those around you
- Be accompanied by a psychologist
Fighting the disease, the solutions
Treatment and vaccines
Mandatory and optional
In France, 11 vaccines are mandatory for infants. Vaccination helps prevent many serious diseases.
Alternative medicine
Many products
This covers a wide variety of disciplines that complement or supplement conventional medicine.
Chemotherapy
Cancer cells
This is presented as the most effective method for destroying cancer cells with drugs.
CANNABIS AND CANCER
Towards the legalisation of therapeutic cannabis?
In France, therapeutic cannabis is not authorised, unlike in some countries such as Canada, where it is prescribed to patients to help relieve the symptoms and side effects of the disease.
However, the National Assembly has authorised its experimentation for a period of two years starting in the first half of 2020.
Analgesic effect
Relieves pain associated with the disease
Adjuvant to chemo
Mitigation of chemo side effects
WHO launches a message of hope…
Although current studies have not yet led to an official cancer treatment, the WHO advocates measures to combat cancer. According to experts, these measures should save 7 million lives. Aid is provided to the poorest countries to establish services capable of carrying out the necessary follow-ups.
The WHO is also involved in various research programmes aimed at finding cures for cancer. Statistical data on cancer cases and treatments are collected by the WHO to support appropriate action. WHO also plays a major role in improving patients’ daily lives through its messages of hope.