Part there campaign of the free colon-rectal cancer screening program of ASL Tuscany North West created with the support of Municipality of Lucca, Rotary Club Lucca, Photo Alcide Lucca and with an exceptional testimonial Cristiano Militello Of Strip the News And Radio 101 who lent his well-known face to spread an essential prevention initiative to prevent or detect this dangerous pathology in time.
The poster features the face of the popular Tuscan comedian with the slogan Listen to me, collect the test tube will be distributed throughout the country in the next few days and was presented by the president and vice president of Rotary Club of Luccarespectively Giuseppe Lunardini and Vittorio Armani, by the mayor of Lucca Mario Pardiniby the director ofendoscopy in Lucca and clinical contact for the vast area of colorectal screening Giovanni Finucci, together with the director of the Lucca hospital Spartacus Mencaronito the director of the ASL Screenings Lidia Di Stefano and to the coordinator of Endoscopy for the north west Raffaele Manta. Also present were the city councilors Alessandro Di Vito and Lia Stefani and Alessandro Tosi – Photo Alcide.
To join the program, request information and book the exam you can call 0583 498004 from Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 12.30.
The colorectal screening encounters greater difficulties in joining in Tuscany and Lucca is also no exception to this trend. But it is a very important ‘life-saving’ test and the data demonstrate that the process works: after the start of screening, a significant decrease in new cases was recorded, with a protective effect for those undergoing the check, which also has repercussions in subsequent age groups. The new communication campaign fulfills the need to make awareness of this opportunity increasingly effective and widespread among the adult population to prevent one of the most frequent and dangerous cancer pathologies.
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