Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-18-Speech-2-256"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cancer screening2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031118.8.2-256"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-18-Speech-2-2572
lpv:speaker	lp:Minerva Melpomeni Malliori2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, you have already said that one in four European citizens, approximately one million a year, will die of cancer, one of the main causes of death in the European Union. Your proposal to the Council on cancer screening was supported and backed by the representatives of all the political groups in the European Parliament. The rapporteur said that younger and younger people are suffering from various new forms of tumours. Information for and health education of citizens on the prevention and timely detection of symptoms which give danger signals, together with reliable screening, have brought about positive results, such as, for example, with breast cancer, which affects a large percentage of women of reproductive age. Even with those new forms of tumours which cannot be completely cured, a greater chance of survival and better quality of life are now assured. I thought it advisable to strengthen the Commission proposal with amendments intended to give citizens equal access to screening, treatment and monitoring services, based always on best practices. Similarly, the need for counselling for those who ultimately contract cancer is proving to be a basic parameter in the final outcome of the disease. Even saying the word 'cancer' is avoided in numerous countries. Citizens react with fear and panic to anything to do with cancer. We can change fear into productive awareness and care. Only thus will we limit deaths and illness while, at the same time, having a positive effect on all the other social repercussions. To close, allow me to congratulate the rapporteur on his essential interventions in the original proposal."@en1

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