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WHAT IS THE BIGGEST DANGER THAT TRIGGERS COLON CANCER?
Turkey Medicals – organized by the Turkish Gastroenterological Association, at the National Gastroenterology Congress, emphasis was placed on colon cancer, the factors that trigger the disease, and the importance of colonoscopic examination. In the video prepared by the association to draw attention to colon cancer, there was an important message from famous names: Be aware, catch life.
That obesity is a great danger for many types of diseases, it was also highlighted at the National Gastroenterology Congress. Stating that the fight against obesity against the risk of colon cancer is an important point, the Treasurer of the Turkish Gastroenterological Association, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology Professor. Dr. “Today’s fashion is to stay away from excess weight, reduces the risk of developing colon cancer. We should consume little fat, carbohydrates, and also consume lots of fresh and green vegetables, fruits, milk, and dairy products,” he said.
Celebrities go on camera for colon cancer awareness
Speaking at the press conference held at the congress, the President of the Turkish Gastroenterology Association, Ege University Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Gastroenterology Department Professor. Dr. said that they are a family of 850 people, and this figure is very low in the country of 80 million people. He reported that in addition to the importance of society and patients for gastroenterology, medicine has the highest prevalence of diseases, the most common group of cancers are caused by the gastrointestinal tract, the difficulty of the procedures performed, a large number of reasons such as the saving feature of life can be counted. In addition, he reported that an information film featuring was being prepared to draw attention to colon cancer.
There is no legal basis for who will perform endoscopy in Turkey
Prof. Dr. stated that endoscopy should be performed by competent people and said, “The Ministry of Health should quickly terminate the certification program in its hands and know who will be indicated. Today, there is no legal basis for who will perform endoscopy in our country. Every doctor is at the level where they can do an endoscopy, this is not something that is acceptable,” he said.
The National Gastroenterology Congress was held in Antalya.
Much more powerful than the number of members of the family of Gastroenterology, the sound is listened to, and respected professional organization Boron underlines, “the importance of community and patient health problems here in our area of the floors, as well as the highest prevalence of medicine, we are free from the disease, the most common cancer of the gastrointestinal tract arise from a group to the difficulty of the process we apply to life-saving feature such as there may be many reasons. When we look back and evaluate the 2 years, we see that a large number of projects have been implemented and we are happy that they will be summarized in an 80-page book. We have made a good fight for the professional, academic and social conditions of our members, and we have spent a lot of effort. We wish that the next 2 years will be celebrated with new projects,” he said.
World gastroenterology congress is in Istanbul
Announcing that the 2019 World Gastroenterology Congress will be held in Istanbul, said: “In addition to this beautiful development, we are also aware that there are a lot of problems that gastroenterology needs to tackle in our country. In front of the eye which is most in our field is to be entered on topics such as endoscopy and liver diseases, although SSI reimbursement issues, insufficient material purchases, the lack of standardization of these minor assistant education starting from colleagues and the challenges they face, bring the problems of the city hospital, private hospitals and some of what we might consider special problems for dive centers, he said.
Endoscopy should be performed by specialists who have received training”
Endoscopic interventions holds an important place among the modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of esophagus, stomach and duodenum diseases of the causes of the role of genes in an effective and reliable method of boron that is, “this process enables the physician to put the correct diagnosis and planning the treatment of health problems. The success of an endoscopy and the patient’s discomfort with an endoscopy vary depending on who is doing it, where it is done, how it is done, and whether they have an experienced team of assistants. Endoscopy should be performed by those who have been trained in this regard. Gastroenterologists have been studying endoscopy for 3 years and are the best trained physicians in this field,” he said.
The ideal treatment of liver failure is transplantation
General Secretary of the Turkish Gastroenterological Association Başkent University Faculty of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology Faculty Member Prof. Dr. also noted that 56 million people die every year worldwide, about 1.1 million of these deaths are due to cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Stating that 254 million people in the world are infected with hepatitis B and 150 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus, he said, “Cirrhosis and liver cancer are among the diseases that need liver transplantation. Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and fatty liver disease are also the most common causes of cirrhosis. Although there are fewer of them in our country, alcohol-related cirrhosis is also an important cause of liver transplantation. The ideal treatment for end-stage liver failure is a liver transplant. Transplantation is mostly raised when the liver’s working capacity drops below 10 percent. But before the reserve drops below 10 percent, liver transplants are also performed for those who have varicose bleeding from the esophagus or stomach, those who have advanced water collection in the abdomen or inflammation of the abdominal membrane, which we call peritonitis, those who have developed a liver coma, or those who have been diagnosed with liver cancer,” he said.
There are 3 thousand 681 patients waiting for a liver transplant
Noting that liver transplantation is performed by two methods: transplantation of the entire liver of brain-dead people (cadavers) to the patient or transplantation of 2/3 of the right part of the liver of healthy living donors to the sick person, he said, “There are currently 3 thousand 681 patients on the waiting list in our country. A total of 309 thousand liver transplants were performed this year, including 922 from living beings and 347 from cadavers. While transplants are mostly performed from cadavers worldwide, they are performed from live donors in our country. Raising public awareness and increasing organ donation will increase the hope of treating patients with liver failure,” he said.
The importance of secret blood analysis in feces
Treasurer of the Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology Professor. Dr. stated that colon cancer is very common in society and its incidence increases with old age.
Noting that colon cancer, which is seen by up to 5 percent in society, has increased in incidence after the age of 50, he said, “Colon cancer can be fatal in cancers that are not detected in a timely manner. We are not consciously at the level we want. In order to raise awareness, public meetings and an information film were held. Colon cancer is one of the preventable, rare cancers. There are breast cancer, cervical cancer, and colon cancer that can be detected at an early stage without causing serious problems before the cancer has yet developed. For the prevention and early detection of colon cancer, we recommend that every 50-year-old do this by performing a secret blood test on feces, which is done in all health centers. If the result is positive, contact your doctor is a warning,” he said.
Have a colonoscopy
Stating that colonoscopy is an examination of the inside of the large intestine with a fiber optic device, he said, “It should be done once for every 50-year-old person who has both a risk and a complaint. We can’t convince our patients or healthy people too much. Today’s fashion is to stay away from excess weight, which reduces the risk of developing colon cancer. Obesity increases the tendency to all types of cancer. We should consume less fat and carbohydrates, as well as plenty of fresh and green vegetables, fruits, milk and dairy products,”he said.
Attention should be paid to the use of probiotics
Member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, Lecturer of the Department of Gastroenterology at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Prof. Dr. intestinal flora, or in other words living in our gut bacteria, fungi and viruses as a result of the recent studies of many diseases in both the gastrointestinal tract and obesity, cancer, and he pointed out that play a role in disorders such as cardiovascular disease system.
Noting that studies on this issue have been conducted for many years, was said, “Looking back, the first studies on this issue date back to fecal transplantation (stool transplantation) performed in Chinese medicine hundreds of years ago. In the modern era, this issue has been rediscovered and has increasingly become the subject of studies in recent years. Judging by the results of the studies conducted today, it turns out that the deterioration of the intestinal flora plays a role in many diseases. This disease at last count, diarrhea related to antibiotic use, bacterial intestinal infections, functional bowel disorders (irritable bowel syndrome, spastic colon), inflammatory bowel disease, and cancer.” said.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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