Guantánamo – As part of the National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, education, prevention and health promotion actions are carried out in Guantanamo, in addition to patient care from the primary to the tertiary level depending on the diagnosis.
In the 22 health areas of the territory there is a consultation to treat those people who present any warning signs of breast cancer and it is in the largest health institution in the province where each week the multidisciplinary team, the first created in this institution, attends around twenty patients.
Likewise, the general hospital has a group of specialists in Imaging, Psychology, Oncology, Surgery, Nursing and Rehabilitation, among other highly professional specialists.
According to statistics at the end of the presidential year, the majority of those diagnosed are women with a family history or other causes such as the abusive use of oral contraceptives, obesity, alcoholism and smoking, factors that influence the appearance of this disease that does not exonerate men.
Early care and timely treatment are vital in Guantanamo to guarantee the quality of life of patients with breast cancer, a disease that is the leading cause of death in women worldwide.
Edited by Liubis Balart
