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In the end of 2010, Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (hereinafter CACA) notified provincial anti-cancer associations, professional societies, related hospitals and academic communities to hold advocacy campaigns for cancer prevention on 2011 “World Cancer Day”. Dr. Xi-Shan Hao, the President of CACA laid great emphasis on “World Cancer Day” events and established 2011 “World Cancer Day” leading group under CACA. Beijing, Hebei and Jilin anti-cancer associations, gastric cancer and tumor pathology societies of CACA, Beijing Cancer Hospital, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Children's Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University’s School of Medicine, Baotou Cancer Hospital, Pediatric Societies of Zhejiang and Shanxi Anti-Cancer Association, cancer patients union in Hebei and other anti-cancer associations, professional societies, cancer hospitals, cancer groups in forty-five provinces and cities carried out extensive popular science dissemination activities in various forms.
Zhejiang Anti-Cancer Association hosted themed events at Children's Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University’s School of Medicine. More than 100 children and teenagers who are in treatment or had been cured were invited, the youngest among them is only 3 years old and the oldest has been a university student. The activities include the interaction between the cured, patients and parents, recreational performances, personal experience narration and charitable donation, trying to tell young patients that cancer need not to be afraid of and it can be overcome with early prevention and struggle. Shu jiajia, a student in Zhejiang University sets the best example. She got Leukemia when she was 7 years old, but she was successfully cured due to several times of treatments, bone marrow transplantation and her tenacious struggle with the disease. The rehabilitation club of Jilin Anti-Cancer Association held a New Year party to celebrate the fifth birthday themed “regular treatment, scientific rehabilitation, patients hand in hand to the oasis of life.” In the party, members of the rehabilitation club of Jili Anti-Cancer Association and medical staff of Jilin Cancer Hospital got together to celebrate the fifth birthday of those cured with new lives. Accompanied by the song of Happy Birthday, all the people shared the cake symbolic of health and happiness. In the extremely warm atmosphere, members of cancer rehabilitation club memorized every extraordinary day passed by songs and showing their wonderful expectations in future by dances. The first hospital affiliated to Chongqing Medical University organized a party themed “heath and happiness salon” for all the patients. Medical staff and patients communicated with each other face to face, helping the patients to build their confidence to overcome cancer, offering patients directions for their rehabilitation. It played important roles in such aspects as how to face up with cancer and overcome it and how to keep harmonious relationship between patients and doctors. Inner Mongolia Anti-Cancer Association invited some experts to hold lectures on “ Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s World” in schools, aiming to guide the vast numbers of teenagers to have a deep understanding of how improper living habits impair their physical condition and even others.
Incomplete statistics show that in this event, the number of Popular Science Dissemination lectures and free medical consultations has been more than thirty and Popular Science materials more than five thousand. The experts participated are one hundred plus and benefited people more than three thousand nationwide. In addition, there are more than forty media, including newspapers, magazines, TVs, radios, websites etc., reported this event.
In conclusion, 2011 “World Cancer Day” themed events strengthens the confidence to struggle with diseases of patients and their family members, calls on vast numbers of children and teenagers to build up the resolution to prevent cancer from individuals, deepens the masses’ awareness of cancer prevention and builds a new concept of scientific cancer prevention and cultivating good living habits in the whole society.
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