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CANCER CONTROL

CANCER CONTROL. National Health Priority Area. What is cancer?. Cancer is a general term for a number of different conditions where uncontrolled mutation and growth of cells threaten to damage other parts of the body 8 types of cancer have been included as the focus of this NHPA:

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CANCER CONTROL

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  1. CANCER CONTROL National Health Priority Area

  2. What is cancer? • Cancer is a general term for a number of different conditions where uncontrolled mutation and growth of cells threaten to damage other parts of the body 8 types of cancer have been included as the focus of this NHPA: • Prostate cancer • Breast cancer in females • Colorectal cancer (colon, rectum or in the appendix) • Lung cancer • Melanoma of the skin • Non-melanoma skin cancer • Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (type of blood cancer)

  3. In 2009, the risk for Australian males of being diagnosed with cancer before their 85th birthday was 1 in 2. The most common diagnoses were prostate (1 in 5 males), bowel (1 in 10), lung (1 in 13), and skin (1 in 14). In 2009, the risk for Australian females of being diagnosed with cancer before their 85th birthday was 1 in 3. The most common diagnoses were breast (1 in 8 females), bowel (1 in 15), lung (1 in 22), and skin (1 in 23).

  4. Why is it a NHPA? Cancer control is a NHPA for the following reasons: • Many cancers are preventable • Accounts for 29% of all registered deaths • Contributes significant costs to the community and the individual • Contributes the most to YLLS (years of life lost) • Largest contributor to overall burden of disease

  5. The burden of disease (per cent of DALYs) by broad disease groups in Australia, 2003

  6. Cancer Control as a NHPA • Prevention of cancer is a focus of this NHPA, but the title ‘cancer control’ was chosen as it also aims to control cancer with regards to prevention, early detection and effective treatment • Cancer is responsible for nearly 20% of the total burden of disease as measured by death and disability. • Each year, over 350,000 Australians are diagnosed with cancer, around 34,000 people die from cancer, and cancer consumes about 6 per cent of the overall direct government expenditure on health.

  7. Determinants

  8. Direct Costs ($3.7 billion) Individual – • Medical treatments and medications not covered by Medicare or private health Insurance • E.g. chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery Community – • National health promotion programs implemented by government and non-government organisations

  9. Indirect Costs ($2 billion) Individual – • Lost income • Travel costs to and from treatments • Costs for paying for services around the home Community – • Lost taxation revenue • Lost productivity • Social security payments

  10. Intangible Costs Individual – • Pain and suffering • Anxiety from treatments and potential death • Missing school/work affects socialisation and self-esteem Community – • Feelings of sadness and despair for friends and family members with cancer

  11. Health Promotion Strategy: Quit • Quit Victoria is a joint initiative of Cancer Council Victoria, VicHealth, the Department of Health and the National Heart Foundation • Tobacco smoke is made up of thousands of chemicals and many of them are very harmful. Around 70 of them cause cancer. • Quit Victoria aims to reduce the number of smokers in order to reduce the rates of smoking-related health conditions that can have immediate and long-term benefits

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  13. Assisting smokers to quit • Quitline telephone counselling and Quit courses • media activity and campaigns • programs supporting communities, such as Aboriginal and multicultural communities. Working to prevent young people from taking up smoking • support for legislation to increase the price of cigarettes, and restrict tobacco advertising, promotion and selling to under 18s • smoking prevention education and professional development in schools • community education programs encouraging adult role models Working to reduce the number of places where people are exposed to harmful substances in tobacco smoke • support for legislation to limit smoking in public places • help for workplaces and public places wanting to become smokefree • VicHealth'shealthy environments policy, which maintains a tobacco control focus in its funding agreements - it states that funded indoor events must be smokefree.

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