The report examines cancer care in 2017, and the focus is on the four most common cancers: prostate, breast, lungs and colon. This year, there were 27 000 people of these cancers.
in recent years new standardized course of care from suspicion to treatment has gradually been incorporated. The report shows that the objectives are far from being fulfilled.
not a single region in the country, the goal of prostate cancer should undergo surgery within two months, and only three out of 21 did, the goal of breast cancer should undergo surgery within 28 days.
Additionally there is huge differences between the regions.
– It is a geographical lottery. If you look at breast cancer is the Western Region the worst. Only 27% of patients get care in time, while the figure in Kronoberg is 97 percent, ” says Ulrika Årehed Kågström, secretary-general of the Swedish cancer society.
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better result is not only a question of resources. Poor it, staff shortages, bottlenecks, and other organizational issues must be tackled.
– There are regions that have received great results without additional resources. You have to learn from them, how they are organized and streamlined. It is totally unacceptable for cancer patients to it looks like it does, regionpolitiker must take the issue seriously.
on Prostatacancerförbundet, is not surprised by the results.
” It is a disgrace that you do not put in more resources, given that prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer. We are fighting for this to become better, ” he says.
He talks about an interview he heard with an affected man, who had to wait half a year, and who describe a sensation of sitting on a hand grenade.
” It is a terrible suffering to wait for half a year and don’t get to know which type one cancer you have and if it is possible to cure, or if you have to start counting on the coffin.
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