Melanoma: over 100 thousand years of life lost in Europe in 1 year
Source: Breaking Latest News, March 2024
“Don’t think about it” is the worst advice you can follow for preventing melanoma. A suspected mole, in fact, should never be ignored or neglected for too long. An international study, in which researchers from the National Cancer Institute Pascale Foundation of Naples took part for Italy, revealed that, between 2020 and 2021, i.e. in the period of restrictions for the Covid pandemic, the checks were skipped ‘, diagnostic and treatment delays have caused the loss of 111,464 years of life in 31 countries in Europe, with an overall cost of 7.1 billion euros. The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Openshows that in the same period 15 thousand years of life were lost in Italy alone.
Melanoma by Sarah Ferguson, what it is and the symptoms of skin cancer by Irma D’Aria 22 January 2024
The short film
To draw attention to the importance of prevention and early diagnosis, the Melanoma Foundation and the Pascale Cancer Institute of Naples have launched the new short film entitled “Su noi due”, starring two well-known faces from the soap “Un posto al Sole “, Lara Sansone and Miriam Candurro, and with co-stars two other TV favourites, Gigi & Ross. The short, which lasts just over ten minutes, is directed by the young Alessandro Montali and written by Chiara Macor. The artistic director is Romano Montesarchio. The extras are all real nurses and the short film itself was made in the clinics of the Tumor Institute of Naples and in the Ascalesi hospital, which has been merged with the oncology center for 4 years. The short was presented this morning at the Mediterraneo hotel in Naples, but it cannot yet arrive on television platforms or in cinemas as it is in competition for the various film festivals, first and foremost that of Venice.