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MORE FUNDING FOR CANCER PROGRAMS

Released on March 26, 1999

Health Minister Pat Atkinson today said investments in new cancer

drugs, enhanced cervical cancer screening, expansion of the stem cell

transplant program, improved breast cancer screening and streamlined

breast cancer assessment programs for Saskatchewan citizens are

included in the 1999-2000 budget of $25.6 million for cancer programs.



Funding to cancer agencies alone will increase by 14.2 per cent over

last year.



"Ensuring effective and timely treatments and therapies for cancer

patients is a vital component of our health system," Atkinson said.

"This year, many of these programs will be further expanded and

enriched."



There will be enhanced screening for cervical cancer to reach more

women in high-risk populations. The Cancer Agency is developing

strategies to further increase the success of current screening

measures.



Increased funding will be used to establish a stem cell transplant

program as an additional transplant option for breast cancer patients,

pending results of clinical trials.



With the increased funding, Saskatchewan's successful breast cancer

screening program will extend its reach to more women in the target

age group of 50 and over. The program helps prevent and treat breast

cancer through early detection.



A provincial breast cancer assessment initiative will complement early

detection through the breast cancer screening program by co-ordinating specialist services for women who received abnormal

mammograms. The focus will be on quick and complete service for

women requiring follow-up diagnostics and treatment. It will

involve a team of health professionals, including family

physicians, radiologists, surgeons, pathologists and oncologists.



Outreach cancer treatment centres, now in 15 health districts,

will be further expanded.



Each year, cancer programs in Saskatchewan provide more than

43,000 radiation and chemotherapy treatments to cancer patients.

Cancer treatment services are provided from the Saskatchewan

Cancer Agency's two cancer clinics, the Saskatoon Cancer Centre

and the Allan Blair Cancer Centre in Regina. These centres

provide chemotherapy and radiation therapy services, chemotherapy

outreach and peripheral blood stem cell transplants to cancer

patients.



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For more information, contact:



Jeff Brown

Commumications Branch

Saskatchewan Health

Regina

Phone: (306) 787-4088

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