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.

• Breast cancer screening was restarted on June 1, 2020.
• Colorectal cancer screening will start again after the pandemic subsides
• Cervical cancer screening will start after the pandemic subsides

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).

Clinical Cancer Advances 2021

ASCO’s Report on Progress Against Cancer

Clinical Cancer Advances 2021: ASCO’s Report on Progress Against Cancer highlights the most important clinical research advances of the past year and identifies priority areas where ASCO believes research efforts should be focused moving forward. This year’s report also discusses the critical issue of health equity in cancer research and solutions to ensure that every patient with cancer, everywhere, can access the latest advances.

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.

SEXUAL HEALTH AND CANCER

The sexual health of people diagnosed with cancer is almost always overshadowed by the cancer itself and its treatment.

• A new information guide for oncology patients published by LAC gives an advice on how to start a discussion about sexuality without embarrassment and, at the same time, educates about sexual life when diagnosed with cancer
• A new information guide for professionals is a manual on sensitive communication of this topic with the patients

A‎‎NNUAL REPORT for 2019

We would like to present the Annual Report for 2019 about the State of Oncology in Slovakia which focuses mainly on the field of clinical, pediatric and experimental oncology, radiation oncology and palliative care and monitors the situation in geriatric oncology in Slovakia.

It presents an overview of oncology, hematology-oncology, radiation oncology and palliative care facilities in Slovakia. 2019 was a historic year because it saw the launch of 3 state-managed oncology screenings.

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.