
Minister Memişoğlu shared the studies carried out since July 2024 within the scope of the National Cancer Screening Program.
Minister of Health Kemal Memişoğlu announced that 17.4 million scans have been carried out with the National Cancer Screening Program since July 2024, 21 thousand people were diagnosed at an early stage and the number of screening centers has been increased.
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The National Cancer Screening Program is carried out by the Ministry of Health for the early diagnosis of cancer cases in Türkiye.
Minister of Health Kemal Memişoğlu, in his statement on his virtual media account, said, "Early diagnosis saves lives. We have carried out 17.4 million scans with our National Cancer Screening Program since July 2024. We increased the number of screening centers to 493 and the number of mobile KETEMs to 60.
In this process; We carried out breast cancer screening of 5.1 million of our citizens. By detecting 300 thousand suspicious findings, we contributed to the diagnosis of 21 thousand of our citizens at an early stage. We provided on-site service to 570 thousand citizens with our mobile KETEM vehicles. We invited our citizens to screenings with 99 million reminder SMS.
Your health is valuable to us; "Do not forget to get your free scan by applying to the nearest Healthy Life Center, KETEM or our Mobile KETEM vehicles."

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