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MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1370
HEALTH EDUCATION ESSENTIAL IN PREVENTING CANCER
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AVY DISEASES OF THE CANCER GROUP CAN BE PREVENTES OR TREATED EFFECTIVELY WITH EXCELLENT CHANCES OF SURVIVAL FOR A CONSIDERABLE LENGTH OF TIME PROVIDED THAT HEALTH EDUCATION ABCUT CANCER IS CARRIED OUT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND DIRECTED AT THE RIGHT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. A.L. THONG, SAID THIS TODAY WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY.
DR. THONG, WHO IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY, POINTED OUT THAT CANCER COVERED SEVERAL TENS OF DISEASES THAT IN FACT WERE OF DIFFERENT ORIGIN.
THESE DISEASES DEVELOPED DIFFERENTLY AND WERE TREATED DIFFERENTLY ITH VARYING RATES OF SUCCESS, HE SAID.
IFORTUNATELY, SAID DR. THONG, CERTAIN OF THESE DISEASES IN THE GROUP DID RESPOND POORLY TO TREATMENT AND THUS TENDED TO CREATE AN IMPRESSION OF GENERAL INCURAE IL ITY FOR ALL CANCER DISEASES.
+ THE RESULTANT FEAR YAKE PEOPLE PASSIVE INSTEAD OF ACTIVE, AND IGNORANCE CAUSE DELAY IN SEEKING AID,+ HE SAID.
DR. THONG SAID BECAUSE OF THE WIDE RANGE OF DISEASES THAT COME UNDER THE NAME +CANCER+ IT WOULD BE MORE PRACTICAL TO APPROACH HEALTH EDUCATION AS APPLIED TO CANCER BY CATEGORIS ING CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE AT RISK WHO CAN BENEFIT MOST FROM HEALTH EDUCATION.
SME COMMON EXAMPLES OF THESE GROUPS ARE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE HEALTHY PERSON WHO IS EXPOSED TO CANCER PRODUCING AGENTS.
11. THE LATTER CASE, DR. THONG SUGGESTED THAT AUTHORITIES SUCH AS THE ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY IN COOPERATION WITH THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THOSE CONCERNED WITH OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ON POSSIBLE WAYS OF REDUCING THE CANCER PRODUCING AGENTS.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE SAID, EDUCATION COULD BE GIVEN TO WORKERS IN ORDER TO MOTIVATE THER TO FOLLO.. INSTRUCTIONS DESIGNED FOR THEIR PROTECTION.
PEOPLE INHALING CANCER PRODUCING SUBSTANCES SUCH AS TOBACCO SMOKING SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED IN A GENERAL CAPPAIGN TO EITHER STOP SMOKING OF NOT TO START, HE SUGGESTED,
/DK. THONG