VIETNAM / WORLD CANCER DAY

Viet Nam is one of around 80 countries that have received assistance from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in cancer control. After cardiovascular diseases, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the country. According to the latest statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), there are around 125,000 new cancer cases and 94,000 deaths each year in Viet Nam. These figures are expected to double by 2035. IAEA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:02
• Production Date: 3 February 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA
• Subject Topical: DISEASE PREVENTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES
• MAMS Id: U140203b

Description

STORY: VIETNAM / WORLD CANCER DAY
TRT: 2.02
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: JANUARY 2014, HANOI, VIETNAM

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, busy road in Hanoi city centre
2. Wide shot, traditional “cyclo” with drivers smoking
3. Med shot, bus and motorbikes on busy Hanoi street
4. Wide shot, waiting room, radiotherapy department, National Cancer Hospital in Hanoi, Viet Nam
5. Med shot, patients’ ward, National Cancer Hospital
6. Med shot, female cancer patient, National Cancer Hospital
7. Med shot, patients’ ward, National Cancer Hospital, with Nguyen Xuan Bien
8. Med shot, Nguyen Xuan Bien receiving radiotherapy for lung cancer
9. Close up, sign outside radiotherapy room, “radiation in progress”
10. Close up, computer in control room for radiotherapy
11. Med shot, medical staff in control room for radiotherapy
12. Wide shot, radiotherapy machine at Hospital 108
13. Close up, doctor’s hand, operating radiotherapy machine
14. Med shot, female cancer patient receiving radiotherapy at Hospital 108
15. Med shot, control room for radiotherapy at Hospital 108
16. Doctors looking at images of patient being treated
17. Close up, images from CT scanner
18. Med shot, patient in CT scanner
19. Tilt down, control room for CT scanner
20. Close up, CT scanner operator
21. Close up, scan
22. Med shot, man buying cigarettes off old woman
23. Close up, cigarettes for sale
24. Med shot, young man smoking in Hanoi coffee shop
25. Wide shot, young men smoking in Hanoi coffee shop
26. Wide shot, entrance to Bach Mai Hospital
27. Wide shot, IAEA Director General, Yukiya Amano, visits the Nuclear Medicine and Oncology Centre
28. Wide shot, IAEA Director General is shown around the Centre, which receives IAEA support
29. Pan right, IAEA Director General is shown around the Centre
30. Zoom out, IAEA Director General is shown around the Centre
31. Wide shot, National Cyclotron Centre, Hanoi, which was established with IAEA support
32. Various shots, radiopharmaceuticals, which are used to diagnose and manage cancer, being produced

Storyline

Viet Nam is one of around 80 countries that have received assistance from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in cancer control. After cardiovascular diseases, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the country.

According to the latest statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), there are around 125,000 new cancer cases and 94,000 deaths each year in Viet Nam. These figures are expected to double by 2035.

As in many other developing countries, cancer is on the rise due to various factors. These include increased life expectancy and exposure to risk factors, such as smoking and environmental pollution.

Improved diagnostic methods also mean that more cancers are being detected. However, in Viet Nam only around 30 percent of them are diagnosed early enough to be cured.

The IAEA has helped Viet Nam to acquire equipment and has provided training for health professionals in all aspects of cancer control.

It has supported the establishment of the National Cyclotron Facility, which produces radiopharmaceuticals that are used to diagnose and manage cancer.

PACT is also launching a two-year project to improve early diagnosis of breast and cervical cancers, the two leading causes of cancer deaths in Vietnamese women, accounting for approximately one third of all new cancer cases every year.

Every year on 4th February, the IAEA joins other international organizations to mark World Cancer Day, an initiative from the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).

This year’s theme “Debunk the Myths” offers an opportunity to improve general knowledge about cancer and dispel misconceptions of the disease.

In 2004 the IAEA launched the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, PACT, which calls on IAEA Member States and international organizations to join forces to combat the cancer crisis.

IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano visited cancer treatment facilities in Hanoi.

Cancer has reached epidemic proportions worldwide. The disease kills more than eight million people every year, more than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, accounting for nearly 15 percent of deaths globally. And the numbers are rising.

Developing countries are worst hit by the cancer crisis. Around 70 percent of cancer deaths occur in these parts of the world and resources that could save millions of lives and ease suffering are severely lacking or non-existent.

Nuclear techniques, including radiology and radiotherapy, are critical for the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. For around four decades, the IAEA has played a key role in the field of cancer management.