Desk Report
Publish: 27 Jan 2022, 12:53 pm
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) || Photo: Collected
Women in Bangladesh have been
suffering from different types of cancers, currently one of the leading causes
of death in the country, more than their male counterpart.
A recent study found that out of
the total cancer patients' 59.5 percent are women and 40.5 percent are male
while Women are also more likely to get cancer at an early age than men.
It said, in the last one year, 1, 50,
071 people have been newly diagnosed with cancer in Bangladesh while among them
1,08,138 died.
Among the cancer patients, 84.8
percent are adults and 25.2 percent are children while 31.9 percent of female
have been suffering in cancers of reproductive system which is 11.2 percent in
male.
Besides, out of the male cancer
patients, 10.2 percent have urinary bladder cancer, 9.9 percent prostate cancer
and 7.5 percent oral cancer while among the women, 23.3 percent are affected by
breast cancer, 21.5 percent by cervical cancer and 7.9 percent by oral cancer.
In another study, conducted on
1657 people based on hospital cancer registry found that nearly 75 percent of
the patient are adults while girls are being diagnosed as cancer patients from
the age of 15 which is detected in male from their age of 20.
Associate Professor at the
National Cancer Research Institute Habibullah Talukder Raskin said that a major
reason for the increase in the rate of infection among women is the change in
their lifestyle as more of them are becoming addicted to cigarettes or alcohol.
Health Directorate officials said
Bangladesh has a unique National Cancer Control Strategy and Plan of Action
2009-2015 formulated with the assistance of WHO with an objective to develop
and implement continuum of cancer care through a comprehensive cancer control
programme.
Preventive measures have been
taken to reduce the incidence of cancer include reduced tobacco smoking, change
of dietary habit and reduced food adulteration, ensuring reproductive hygiene,
increased physical activity, and reduced occupational hazard.
Awareness buildup and media
campaign are going on by organizing the general people, opinion leaders of the
society, and boy and girl scout.
Health experts said cancer is
predicted to be an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality in
Bangladesh in the next few decades as the current estimated incidence of 12.7
million new cancer cases would rise to 21.4 million by 2030.
In Bangladesh, they said, there
is a severe shortage of trained oncologists and physicists while oncopathology
and cytopathology skills need to be enhanced for better delivery of cancer
care.
Technical staff for tissue
diagnosis and imaging modalities also needs to be developed, they observed.
According to International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA), two teletherapy machines and one brachytherapy machine
are needed for one million population.
According to this estimation
Dhaka city alone needs 20 and the entire country needs around 300 Teletherapy
(radiotherapy) machines respectively.
However, in Bangladesh there are
17 radiotherapy centers in public and private sector; only one is situated in a
rural area.
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