Doha: The two-day Thyroid Cancer Conference, which was organised by Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) under the theme “Present Standards and New Perspectives”, concluded yesterday.
The participants at the conference discussed reasons for the marked increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer in the last three years, as the number of infected in 2015 did not exceed 51 patients, while about 110 cases were recorded in 2018, an increase of more than 100 percent.
The participates agreed on establishing a plan to implement the program of early detection of thyroid cancer in cooperation with the health authorities in Qatar. Thyroid Cancer Conference witnessed the participation of 1,200 specialists in various areas that have to do with Thyroid cancer from a number of Arab and foreign countries such as Austria, Oman, Kuwait, in addition to the participation of a number of authorities in Qatar including the Ministry of Public Health, Hamad Medical Corporation and Qatar Doctor’s Society.
The conference is part of QCS’ keenness to keep abreast of the global medical developments in order to reduce the spread of the disease in Qatar and to provide all necessary resources and support to combat them. Dr Osama Al Homsi, Hamad Medical Corporation’s National Center for Cancer Care and Research Hematology and Oncology Chairman, said that the conference discussed the important issue of increasing the incidence of thyroid cancer, which came at a very important time as Qatar seeks to intensify its efforts in the health sector to control the incidence of cancer in general.
In remarks to reporters, He pointed out that the health authorities in Qatar have provided all the diagnostic and treatment methods of surgical and pharmacological adding that there are efforts for the reduction of cancer diseases, whether by prevention or treatment.
