2024-03-30 18:18:18
“It’s a first, but the idea is that this meeting will be established in the calendar, as is the case for Pink October… We said to ourselves that a hundred people would be a good figure. With the morning hike, this Saturday we will have more than 140 passages and participants in the event,” announces Cécile Henné, coordinator of the CPTS of the Quimperlé region. The Territorial Professional Health Community, in conjunction with the League Against Cancer and the Quimperlé community, organized this first meeting at the Cordiers gymnasium. “We wanted to highlight prevention and information on the screening kit which is very simple, not invasive, nor painful: you receive an envelope with a bottle and a bottle brush, and you do not even have to go through a lab, you can mail it back.”
A unique structure in France: a 12 m long colon, which allows us to understand the appearance of lesions and polyps. (The Telegram/Gwen Rastoll)
According to the Regional Health Agency (Ars), colorectal cancer is the second cause of cancer death. It affects more than 47,000 people each year and causes 17,000 deaths. In Brittany, more than 2,350 new cases are diagnosed each year. However, if detected early, this cancer is curable in nine out of ten cases. “However, there are only 30 to 35% of people over 50 who take the test. It’s not much “. In the country of Quimperlé, the screening rate is 35%, far behind the 52% in the country of Châteaugiron (Ille-et-Vilaine). “45%, this would be the participation threshold considered acceptable and 65%, the objective for a significant reduction in mortality,” explains a volunteer.
To inform and mark the spirits, the CPTS had obtained the “passage”, through Quimperlé, of a 12 m long colon, covered with some worrying polyps: a unique structure in France, which is shared between the municipalities. “It was three days in Finistère.” To complete the prevention system, the organizers offered introductions to badminton, climbing, and gentle gym: sport and a healthy lifestyle, the best weapons to ward off cancer.
Climbing and exercising: the best assets to prevent the appearance of cancer. (The Telegram/Gwen Rastoll)
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