On Friday, Princess Ghida Talal, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center, launched a national awareness campaign under the slogan “Jordan defies cancer” on the occasion of World Cancer Day, which falls on February 4 of each year.

The campaign, which will continue until the end of this month, aims to encourage the practice of healthy habits in order to prevent cancer.

On this occasion, Princess Ghida said, “We will continue to fight cancer every day, every hour and every moment of our lives until the day we beat cancer.”

It is noteworthy that the campaign messages focus on encouraging individuals and institutions in their various sectors to change their daily behaviors, to contribute to raising society’s awareness of a healthy lifestyle, by making choices to reduce cancer risks, including: conducting early detection tests for cancer, quitting smoking, choosing Healthy food, exercise, participation in social solidarity “care” insurance, and attention to mental health.

The Assistant Director-General of the King Hussein Cancer Center for Patient Affairs, Munther Al-Hawarat, told Al-Kingdom on Friday that the King Hussein Cancer Center won first place at the level of developing countries, and sixth in the world in the fight against cancer through international credits, which recognized its ability to provide treatment to patients.

The dialogues explained that Jordan and Al-Hussein Center have taken it upon themselves to address this disease and rise to the ranks of major countries in treating the disease.

He continued, “The King Hussein Cancer Center, during the course of its birth, emergence and development, led the Jordanian campaign to fight and combat the disease on multiple levels, the most important of which is raising awareness of the disease, and that it is treatable and preventable, as it worked in awareness campaigns (…) that had a great impact in raising people’s awareness and making them realize the importance of dealing with the disease wisely.” .

He pointed out that the center presented a program for early detection, which had a great impact in opening the door to people’s conviction that they should initiate on their own initiative to search for cancer and try to detect it.

And he indicated that the center made deep and great efforts to convince people that early detection reduces mortality rates significantly.

6 thousand operations annually

The Operations Department at the King Hussein Cancer Center performs about 6000 operations annually, according to the Director General of the King Hussein Cancer Center, Assem Mansour.

Mansour said that the Operations Department performs 300 bone marrow transplants per year, while the medical and administrative staff at the center amount to 434 doctors and oncologists, more than 1,100 nurses and 102 pharmacists qualified to prepare oncology drugs, in addition to 1,500 administrators, technicians and health care specialists.

“The center’s outpatient clinics annually visit 250,000 patients, while the number of admissions is 14,000 annually, the total number of beds is 352, the number of operating rooms is 13 rooms, and the number of modern care units for children and adults is 36,” according to Mansour.

Mansour said that the center, which was established in 2001 and is honored to bear the name of King Hussein bin Talal, may God rest his soul, is considered the medical jewel of Jordan and the pride of the Arab world, as it proved its leading position by obtaining international accreditation, which ranked it first among developing countries and sixth globally as a specialized center for cancer treatment.

Mansour pointed out that cancer is the second cause of death after cardiovascular diseases locally, and is responsible for 15.7% of deaths in Jordan, which amount to 3,084 annually.

He added that the King Hussein Cancer Foundation is a national, independent, non-governmental, non-profit organization that was established in 2001 by a royal will under the chairmanship of HRH Princess Ghida Talal.

The world’s first robotic surgery system

The King Hussein Cancer Center has introduced a robotic surgery system to perform major complex surgeries, the first of its kind in Jordan.

The medical team at the center performed the first surgery to remove a cancerous tumor using the system, and it was successful.

HRH Princess Ghida Talal, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center, said: “We are proud that Jordan has obtained the latest technology in the field of surgical operations, which will have a significant impact on raising the level of treatment we provide to our patients. Our keenness to keep pace with the latest developments in the world of cancer is part of our The mission of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center is to embrace cancer patients and treat them in a comprehensive manner according to the highest international standards.”

The system is considered one of the most modern surgical systems used in the world of medicine, as it allows surgeons to perform complex surgeries with more control, accuracy and flexibility better than traditional surgery, and is characterized by limited surgical intervention, through the use of very precise tools, which leads to faster recovery after surgery. It relieves pain, and will contribute to reducing patient waiting times for operations.

Robotic surgery will be used in many surgical operations for cases determined by doctors according to certain criteria, such as: the eradication of prostate, kidney, uterine, and colon cancer.

Arab Awareness Campaign

HRH Princess Ghida Talal, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center, launched the sixth Arab Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign for this year under the slogan “My Vision”; It aims to spread awareness about breast cancer and the importance of early detection.

Her Highness affirmed that she will not stop calling on every Arab woman to carry out an early detection examination immediately, because the truth that everyone has always believed in is that “early detection saves life.”

The 2021 campaign came to highlight the importance of the mammogram because it is the most effective examination for early detection of breast cancer. A recent scientific field study conducted by the Jordanian Breast Cancer Program showed that awareness of women is of great importance in early detection, but there are obstacles they face, such as fear of cancer, which negatively affects the demand for early detection examination.

It is worth mentioning that the Jordanian Breast Cancer Program is a national program operated by the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center and is concerned with raising the level of services and technologies provided to women to carry out early detection screening for breast cancer, and raising awareness of the importance of early detection.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is affiliated with the World Health Organization, indicated that in 2018, the global burden of cancer rose to 18.1 million new cases, and 9.6 million deaths from the disease.

According to the latest global statistics of cancer cases registered for 2018, about 18 million new cases were recorded annually, and 9.6 million cancer deaths, and most of the cases and deaths were in developing countries.

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