2024-01-02 17:40:11
The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) has increased the pediatric survival rate of brain tumors of the Central Nervous System (CNS), which represent the second most common tumor among cancer patients following leukemia, due to the implementation of the medicine personalized and multidisciplinary treatment in specialized hospitals for the care of this type of case.
During the last 2023 meeting of the working group for the care of pediatric patients undergoing oncological treatment in Social Security, the director of Medical Benefits, Dr. Célida Duque Molina, indicated that it has been more than a year since the application of cancer medicine. precision that allows for timely specific diagnoses of various types of cancer, in order to provide targeted treatments that will improve survival, limit relapses and provide a better quality of life.
Duque Molina indicated that they are working with timely interventions for the treatment of childhood cancer and in the case of brain tumors the strategy will be strengthened in the coming months, with the aim of “improving the quality and opportunity of care.”
For his part, the head of the Oncological Care Coordination, Dr. Enrique López Aguilar, pointed out that solid tumors of the CNS are the most common in girls and boys, which can appear in the infratentorial, diencephalic or supratentorial areas.
In a virtual session, he said that multidisciplinary treatment ranges from chemotherapy, neurosurgery or novel radiotherapy methods. In systemic cancer, effective therapies are performed with agents that reach therapeutic concentrations in the cancerous tissue; However, CNS tumors are complex to treat but work is done once morest a validated therapeutic objective.
The Social Security oncologist highlighted that the era of precision or personalized medicine within the IMSS is underway with the application of genomic tests in tissue and blood, as well as new therapies such as: small molecules, immunotherapy, less chemotherapy, new types of clinical trials and continuous training of health personnel.
He stated that the signs and symptoms of a possible brain tumor depend on the following aspects: location, size, growth rate, age of presentation and histology of the pediatric patient’s tumor.
Dr. Enrique López added that the symptoms presented by a minor with this condition are: headache, nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, difficulty or alterations in walking, variations in sensitivity, drowsiness, changes in energy and behavior, seizures and increased head size, especially in infants.
He pointed out that when faced with these symptoms, mothers and fathers can take their sons and daughters to the family doctor for a better evaluation or go to one of the 35 State Reference Centers for the Care of Boys and Girls with Cancer (ONCOCREAN). for correct risk stratification.
López Aguilar added that diagnosed minors are evaluated with a computed axial tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance and the application of cerebrospinal fluid. Subsequently, IMSS specialists follow up on the patient and the conditions under which medical treatment will be granted.
On the other hand, the Director of Administration, Borsalino González Andrade, reported the status of the elevators at the General Hospital of the National Medical Center (CMN) La Raza.
Meanwhile, the head of the Digital and Information Services Division for Digital Health Care, Isaac Mejía Montes de Oca, reported that in the last two weeks of 2023, 109 beneficiaries were incorporated into the oncology treatment registration platform; With this, there are 14,655 patients, of which 35 percent are pediatric and 65 percent adults, who are treated in 70 hospitals, 15 High Specialty Medical Units (UMAE) and 55 Second Level.
In this meeting 134, it was agreed to follow up on various cases, requests for medications, care provided by the Deconcentrated Administrative Operation Body (OOAD) of the IMSS in Nayarit, and in the next session the Social Security Representation in Tamaulipas will present the results and diagnoses of administrative and medical processes in the matter.
Heads of Medical Benefits, coordinators and unit owners, hospital directors and authorities from the Representative Offices of Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chihuahua, Puebla, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Veracruz Sur, attended virtually by the IMSS. Quintana Roo and Yucatan.
Representing the mothers and fathers of pediatric oncology patients were Mrs. Dulce
, Alma, Alondra, Beatrice, Brenda Verenice, Stephanie, Guadalupe and Rachel; as well as Messrs. Mario, Joaquin and Pedro.
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