KUWAIT: The National Campaign for Cancer Awareness (CAN) announced on Wednesday that 3,169 doctors and 2,748 nurses have been trained on early detection of cancer in a specialized course. Chairman of the campaign, Dr Khaled Al-Saleh, said in a press statement during the course that 1,564 doctors, 1,605 primary care doctors, and 2,748 nurses were trained as part of its training initiatives that began early this month.

Al-Saleh stressed the continuation of the campaign’s training program on early diagnosis of cancer in a successful partnership with the Ministry of Health and with support from the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), indicating that this initiative is directed at health service providers in the country, including primary care doctors, dentists and nursing staff.

Dentists receive training on early detection of cancer.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of (KAN) Dr Khaled Al-Saleh is pictured during the training.

The course provided to dentists aims to investigate and detect early signs of oral cancers and to keep up with the latest scientific discoveries and studies in this field, while the course directed to primary care doctors aims to read early signs of breast, colon, and rectal diseases, in addition to signs of head and neck, thyroid, and prostate tumors.

He stated that investigating the initial signs is an important tool for early diagnosis by trained doctors and results in quickly transferring infected cases to specialists and providing the necessary treatment, thus reducing the patient’s suffering and increasing the recovery rate. He explained that the current program also includes training the nursing staff on communication skills with patients and their families to enhance their health culture in order to achieve high-quality health services. — KUNA