At the moment, the Portuguese League Against Cancer's Madeira Regional Center supports around 300 patients and their families, a number that is growing, largely due to the spread of the disease in the region, as Ricardo Sousa pointed out this morning, and is looking at an increase of around 20%. By 2030, according to some studies.
The president of the association's board of directors in Madeira noted that “all types of cancer” are at risk, although he realizes that in this group, patients with the most common types of cancer in the territory, such as breast cancer and prostate cancer, stand out. Cancer, lung or colon and rectum. He assured reporters that “all types of cancer are supported and we are trying to make a difference in the patient's life.”
In addition to psychological support, whether specialized or non-specialized, assistance includes some equipment, such as beds, elevators, or even breast implants, bras, teeth, glasses or wigs.
This year, the Regional Center began supporting women's fertility preservation, as a way to respond to the growing number of young women of reproductive age with oncological diseases. They estimate that the budget would need to be around €5,000 per year, to support between five and eight cases per year (about €500 per woman).
“Nowadays, women are getting cancer at a younger age, around 20 to 30 years old, and they are still of childbearing age, often in the process of starting a family, and this was a concern for us,” Ricardo Souza noted.
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