L’Assurance Maladie helps the “Cancers” exhibition, which opens its doorways on the Cité des Sciences | ameli.fr

The exhibition “ Most cancers addresses all of the scientific, psychological and social dimensions of this advanced illness. It places the affected person on the coronary heart of the matter, but additionally the nursing workers and people accompanying them, providing quite a few testimonies on life throughout and after most cancers. It additionally intends to permit guests to raised perceive the illness and its therapies, by providing them a list of present scientific information, exhibiting each the organic mechanisms of the cancerization course of and the therapeutic arsenal, whether or not whether or not standard therapies (radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgical procedure) or new therapies (immunotherapy, hormone remedy). Lastly, the exhibition combats acquired concepts about most cancers whereas elevating public consciousness of each day dangerous conduct, but additionally of prevention and screening.

L’Assurance Maladie wished to assist this exhibition, which addresses a serious public well being subject, and subscribes to its ambitions. : assist increase consciousness of the illness and promising developments in analysis, but additionally increase consciousness about prevention. 4 out of 10 cancers might certainly be prevented if the latter have been improved.

Picture credit score: RomainMoretto and N Breton

Extra data on this exhibition on the positioning cite-sciences.fr.