Prevenção e diagnóstico do câncer

Abstract

The Academic Oncology League of Piauí (LAO-PI) is an academic institution whose purpose is to study and promote knowledge about cancer and all aspects involved in this disease. Having the second highest incidence of deaths in Brazil and with a predicted increase in the coming years, cancer is a serious public health issue, mainly due to the fact that one third of new cancer cases worldwide could be avoided through prevention and the adequate dissemination of information to the population. This work was developed by LAO-PI with the objective of sharing the knowledge of those who work directly in oncological care, health professionals and cancer patients. Presented in simple and easy-to-understand language, it provides basic and objective information about the main types of cancer, their prevention and which healthy lifestyle habits are recommended for an individual to reduce the chance of developing cancer; information on early diagnosis and its benefits and importance in terms of curing and increasing patient survival, and finally information on appropriate and evidence-based methods for screening this pathology in populations.