“On the basis of the new National Cancer Plan, we intend to go in a very specific direction: the real care of cancer patients, in particular of women with breast cancer. Through a recovery of appropriateness and a rebalancing of the relationship between hospital and territory, it is really possible to think in terms of early diagnosis and multidisciplinary management of the patient, all aspects that the mission of the PNRR and Dm 71 highlight “. Thus at time.news Salute Nicola Provenza, president of the Chronicity Intergroup of the Chamber, on the sidelines of the presentation of ‘Onconnext – Breast cancer and territorial oncology, a necessary combination’, a document drawn up by the main associations of patients with breast cancer (Andos onlus , Europa Donna Italia, Favo Donna, IncontraDonna onlus and Salute Donna onlus) and illustrated this morning in the press room of the Chamber.
“If the objectives of the NRP focus on an enhanced territorial network, above all public – highlights the exponent of M5S – we must therefore try to go towards a recovery of the appropriateness of the areas of care”.
And on the issue of equity of care that does not spare breast cancer patients, Provence has no doubts: “To make access to care equitable it is very important to have homogeneity from a regional point of view. In Italy we have 21 health systems different regions, and we have seen it with the pandemic “. Therefore, “the task of politics to eliminate inequalities is to ensure that access to treatment and real care is made as homogeneous as possible through new organizational models”, he concludes.