Yeonggwang-gun Conducts 'National Cancer Screening Program'
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jeon Seong] The Yeonggwang County Public Health Center in Jeollanam-do (Director Yoon Jeong-hee) announced on the 15th that it is conducting the national cancer screening program year-round to increase cancer treatment rates and reduce mortality caused by cancer.
This year's screening targets are those born in even-numbered years, and the screening items include six types of cancer: the five major national cancers?stomach cancer, liver cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer?and lung cancer, which was newly added last year.
The target groups by cancer type are ▲stomach cancer: men and women aged 40 and above ▲liver cancer: men and women aged 40 and above who belong to the high-risk group for liver cancer occurrence over the past two years ▲colorectal cancer: men and women aged 50 and above ▲breast cancer: women aged 40 and above ▲cervical cancer: women aged 20 and above.
In particular, the lung cancer screening, implemented since August last year, targets men and women aged 54 to 74 who have a smoking history of 30 pack-years (smoking one pack daily for 30 years) and belong to the high-risk group for lung cancer.
Screening candidates must use designated medical institutions for the screening, and the designated medical institutions in the area are Yeonggwang General Hospital, Yeonggwang Christian Hospital, Bogum Internal Medicine, Park Seok-chae Internal Medicine, and Seoul Women's Clinic.
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A public health center official said, “Although medical expenses can be supported by the health center for three years if cancer is detected through this screening, many postpone the screening due to good health or labor shortages in rural areas, miss the screening period, and end up with cancer detected through individual screenings, thus missing out on medical expense support.” He added, “We recommend getting screened early without waiting until the off-season for farming.”
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