Objektivní potřeba a stav nádorové prevence v České republice a v Evropě

Title in English Objective Need for Cancer Prevention in the Czech Republic and Europe, and the State Th ereof
Authors

DUŠEK Ladislav MÁJEK Ondřej MUŽÍK Jan PAVLÍK Tomáš KOPTÍKOVÁ Jana GREGOR Jakub

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.14735/amko20142S7
Field Applied statistics, operation research
Keywords oncology; screening; risk factor; prevention; population burden
Description There is no doubt today of the need for cancer prevention. The growing incidence of cancer itself provides a suffi cient justifi cation for prevention programmes. A review of literature presented in this paper also documents the strong background of evidence-based cancer prevention programmes. The article also provides a critical analysis of the current status of primary cancer prevention and cancer screening in the Czech Republic in contrast with available international comparisons. Relevant international data have been obtained from the regularly repeated “Health at a Glance” studies (published by the OECD). Although the Czech Republic is one of the countries with the highest cancer burden in Europe, it has failed to develop and support a cancer prevention policy on a central level, and this also applies to smoking prevention. The Czech population needs an eff ective national strategy for the support of cancer prevention, as well as a strategy which would ensure equitable cancer care in terms of both quality and correct indication; a strategy which would be sustainable for at least 10 to 15 years to come.
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