{"id":674,"date":"2022-07-21T04:03:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T04:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cifincan.org\/?p=674"},"modified":"2022-10-18T21:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T21:52:24","slug":"the-importance-of-cancer-survivors-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cifincan.org\/en\/the-importance-of-cancer-survivors-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Cancer Survivor’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

QFI Jacquelin Lizbeth Galicia Sol\u00f3rzano | CIF Quality Manager<\/span><\/p>\n

The diagnosis of cancer is a before and after in life, since it changes radically. The disease leaves physical, psychological, social, labor sequels, etc., that develop needs that are difficult to address and that are often not covered or how to manage it during and after treatment is unknown.<\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, ovarian cancer is a disease whose symptoms are not very specific, which makes timely diagnosis difficult, most cases are detected at an advanced stage and 70% of cases present chemoresistance and\/or recurrence This causes patients with this disease to have severe episodes of stress and depression, which affect not only their quality <\/span>of life<\/span> but also adherence to treatment and the development of unhealthy habits; which generates a greater progression of the disease and sometimes reduces the survival rate.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a perception that cancer means death, but today it is possible to change that perception because life after a diagnosis of this pathology can be active, productive, rewarding and inspiring. This is thanks to the different existing treatments<\/span>, an<\/span> early diagnosis, to the research centers dedicated to the search for new therapeutic strategies, to the clinical units and hospitals with comprehensive services specialized in providing the care required to attend to the diagnosis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, the cancer survivor population is growing. According to Anderson Madrid (2020), since the 1980s, cancer survivors and doctors have tried to describe the stages that cancer survivors normally go through. Most break them down into three stages:<\/span><\/p>\n