Adnkronos Rome, May 15 (Adnkronos Salute) – "Oncological diseases have been neglected during the pandemic, but the incidence has increased especially in the younger age groups. We want to expand screening and increase the age of people who can access it. And then the waiting lists that are fundamental for oncological patients and the law goes in that direction. The Agenas platform works and helps us understand quickly and accurately the services that are missing and where there is a delay, we want to help the Regions only in the interest of the citizens.
The path taken is the right one and I know that we can count on the support of patients". This was stated by the Minister of Health, Orazio Schillaci, on the sidelines of the presentation to the Chamber of Deputies of the 17th Report on the care conditions of cancer patients promoted by Favo (Italian Federation of Volunteer Associations in Oncology).
In oncology, "the National Health Service is of an excellent level, but at times it is patchy - continued Schillaci - with inconsistencies between one region and another. We have expanded the possibilities in the new Lea and we will do even more. We must treat the individual patient and not the pathology, because the same tumor can present itself differently from one patient to another and requires a different therapy. We must move towards personalized medicine - he concludes - which means acting in the interests of the patient and also avoiding unnecessary expenses for the NHS".