NOP ACTIONS PLANS FOR 2021–2025

Cancer was diagnosed to 2.7 million people in EU countries last year and 1.3 million people succumbed to its consequences.

It is important that National Oncology Program and its Action Plans have proper political and financial support in order to really improve our country’s health in terms of oncological diseases.

The updated NOP Action Plans should be the subject of negotiations by the Government of the Slovak Republic in June 2021.

VÝZVA GRANT NOI

Vyhlasujeme už šiestu výzvu na udelenie NOI grantu. Lekári - onkológovia využite skvelú príležitosť získať najaktuálnejšie medicínske poznatky, spoznať novinky vo svojom špecializovanom odbore na krátkodobej zahraničnej stáži v trvaní min 1 mesiac a max 3 mesiace.

Žiadosti na udelenie grantu môžete posielať od 1.6. do 31.8.2021.

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

For cancer patients:

• Vaccination against COVID-19 – Appeal to all cancer patients by the Slovak Oncology Society
• Recommendations for cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic
• How to handle the coronavirus situation as a cancer patient - Video by League Against Cancer
• Coronavirus in Slovakia, website of the Ministry of Health of the SR
• Recommendations for cancer patients during COVID-19 pandemic (in English)

For physicians:

• Vaccination against COVID-19 for cancer patients (Branislav Bystrický, M.D., PhD., March 5, 2021)
• Recommendations by NCI and ESMO about vaccination against COVID-19 for cancer patients
• Information about vaccination by the Slovak Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SSAKI)
• Vaccination against COVID-19 – myths, facts, reality – recorded webinar
• Methodological guidelines
• Standard procedure of the Ministry of Health of the SR
• NCI recommendations about COVID-19 treatment (updated on February 3, 2021)
• Information resources on COVID-19

MORE THAN 30,000 NEW CASES OF ONCOLOGICAL DISEASES ARISE IN SLOVAKIA EACH YEAR.

BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY...

Participate in a screening, it can save your life. Three general oncology screenings were launched in Slovakia in 2019, however, they were stopped short by coronacrisis for some time.

• Cervical cancer screening will start on June 2021
• Breast cancer screening continues from June 1, 2020
• Colorectal cancer screening - 2^nd phase continues from the end of 2020

EUROPEAN CODE AGAINST CANCER

Cancer is second largest cause of deaths worldwide. More than 30,000 new cases of cancer is diagnosed every year in Slovakia.

12 recommendations how can each of partially reduce risk of cancer have been summarized in the EUROPEAN CODE AGAINST CANCER, the International Organization for Research on Cancer (IACR).

IMMUNOTHERAPY SIDE EFFECTS

We would like to introduce the latest ESMO guide for patients: IMMUNOTHERAPY SIDE EFFECTS. The growth and division of the tumor cells directly affects the chemotherapy or the targeted biologic therapy, the immunotherapy directly integrates the body's natural anti-tumor immune response to attack and destroy cancer.

National Oncology Program

The primary goal of the National Oncology Program is to reduce the incidence (new cases of disease) and mortality of oncological diseases and improve the quality of life of cancer patients.

“ZDRAVÉ REČI” (HEALTH TALKS) PODCAST ABOUT ONCOLOGY SCREENINGS

Do not ignore routine check-ups nor invitations to breast cancer, cervical cancer or colorectal cancer screenings. The goal of oncology screening is to detect an oncological disease in an early, thus potentially curable stage via an effective diagnostic test which searches for individuals with asymptomatic diseases in the population who can be diagnosed. Learn more about the importance of screening programs in our podcast “Zdravé reči” with screening coordinator Jana Trautenberger Ricová from our Institute.