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1 <to href = "#2">. CаNCER OF PRсSTATA </to> 2 <to href = "#1">. CаNCER OF BREAST (Group Irina Vargas) </to> <to href = "#3"> 3. CаNCER AND TOBACCO </to> <to href = "#4"> 4. NUTRICIсN and CаNCER </to> <to href = "#5"> 5. INVESTIGACIсN </to> <to href = "#6"> 6. SECTOR OF IMAGE AND COMUNICACI±N</a> ________________________________________ Son the following ones: <to yam = "1"> </to> 1 <to yam = "2">. CаNCER OF PRсSTATA </to>

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> Is a group of support for patients with cАncer of prСstata and his relatives, vital and positive influence before the patients who suffer serious illnesses, and who go acompaЯadas of intense emotions, especially of anxiety, confusiСn and depresiСn. A constant is the fear, in his sense mАs widely. The work of this group of support is that of helping to relieve it alteraciСn emotional and affective of the patients and his relatives, and help them asМ to confront it situaciСn with an attitude very much mАs constructive. Just as in cАncer of breast, FEFOC has obtained it autorizaciСn of American Cancer Society (ACS) for traducciСn and difusiСn of his book "Gu¦a for the treatment of the patients with cАncer of prÐstata". 2. CаNCER OF BREAST (Group Irina Vargas)

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> FEFOC wants to contribute to the increase of informaciСn on the best options terapИuticas opposite to detecciСn of cАncer of breast, asМ like tambiИn to sensitize to poblaciСn feminine on the need to realize a control periСdico for detecciСn precocious of the illness.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> FEFOC has organized a team composed by 20 persons (10 mastectomizadas), five mИdicos and one psicСlogo like group of work, which faces telefСnicamente the interested persons in receiving informaciСn, formaciСn or support in cАncer of breast. NЗmero of telИfono of this service it is 93.217.21.82, and it works from Monday until Friday from 11 to 15 of the evening.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> FEFOC organizes courses of formaciСn, directed so much to healthy persons as persons affected for cАncer, on prevenciСn, diagnСstico precocious, options terapИuticas and control panel (support psicolСgico, couple treatment, etc.).

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> FEFOC, with autorizaciСn there expresses of National Cancer North American Institute, it has translated, adapted and edited the book "Lo that needs to know on cАncer of mama", directed to pЗblico in general and in that all the aspects are explained related with cАncer of breast. This book has been distributed by the territory espaЯol.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> Also, and with autorizaciСn of American Cancer Society (ACS), FEFOC has translated, edited and spread the book "Gu¦a for the treatment of the patients with cАncer of mama".

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> FEFOC investigates the patients with cАncer of breast, so much at level psicolСgico as sociolСgico. In colaboraciСn with Caritas and other similar entities, we have concluded one valoraciСn of the experiences and knowledge of cАncer of breast in 541 women of the social classes mАs disadvantaged.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> EstА in march, already with 325 included women, a survey by means of 42 questions that proposes to know the treatment of cАncer of breast as the experience and the proper sick person feels it.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> In pАgina web <to href = "../external.html?link=http://www.fefoc.org/"> http://www.fefoc.org </to> one finds it quite informaciСn on cАncer of breast (surveys, books, etc).

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> To travИs of our free office, vМa e-mail, like all our activities, to which one can gain access in <to href = "contact.php" target = "_ blank"> fefoc@fefoc.org </to>, we receive consultations in cАncer from breast of the national territory, of HispanoamИrica and they begin coming of Spanish-speaking from USA.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> Once to aЯo we celebrate the big one reuniСn pЗblica on cАncer of breast, titled "LA WOMAN AND THE CаNCER OF MAMA". The advances appear had during aЯo in cАncer of breast, results of surveys, testimonies, etc. The Presidency of Honor of the above mentioned meetings has turned out to be honest, with the presence, of DoЯa Ann Botella, DoЯa Luisa Rudi, DoЯa Camen Alborch. In aЯo 2001, the above mentioned Presidency recabС in Exma Sra DoЯa Irene Rigau Oliver, Social Consellera de Benestar of Generalitat de Catalunya. <to yam = "3"> </to> 3. CаNCER AND TOBACCO

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> 30 % of deaths for cАncer estАn related to the tobacco. The EducaciСn PЗblica has served to stabilize and even to reduce the percentage of smokers between the men, but neither not in adolescents nor in women; mАs well everything opposite. For it, FEFOC wants to help to raise to social denunciation the new advertizing tendencies that estАn developing on the marks of tobacco, directed clearly to adolescents and women. The big ones compaЯМas tobacco have modified his target towards pЗblicos jСvenes, very much mАs vulnerable and easily influenced.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> FEFOC tries to improve the EducaciСn PЗblica on the subject of tobacco in the adolescence and in women and help to give facility to the one who wants to leave saying hАbito.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> Other one of the actions that want to be tackled in saying Аmbito is "Libro Target on Tabaco", selecting like concrete targets the women, and especially, to the adolescents.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> FEFOC has created a Unit of DeshabituaciСn TabАquica, to help those persons to want to allow smoking.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> Fefoc there is desarollado one <to href = "../external.html?link=http://www.fefoc.org/quienes_somos/lineas/tabac/deshabit.jsp" target = "_ blank"> HE PROGRAMMES OF DESHABITUACIсN OF THE TOBACCO </to> to help him to stop smoking <to yam = "4"> </to> 4. NUTRICIсN and CаNCER

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> FEFOC takes part in studies on nutriciСn and cАncer. We have produced a leaflet on NutriciСn and CАncer, that estА spreading at present. <to yam = "5"> </to> 5. INVESTIGACIсN Apart from already mentioned aspects, FEFOC, investigates the following thing:

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> Started of studies of knowledge of the European CСdigo against the CАncer. An important survey estА showing a few very low results, what can you imply the need for one investigaciСn sociolСgica for diseЯar mechanisms of intervenciСn.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> InvestigaciСn with regard to the alterations of the quality of life in 392 patients with cАncer of breast, with Иnfasis in the sexual malfunctions and from couple to raМz of diagnСstico.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> EvaluaciСn of the effects, attitudes and informaciСn of patients with cАncer of prСstata.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> EvaluaciСn of the grade of dependency on the tobacco in smokers, by means of the questionnaire of FagerstrЖm, got in the web with the permission of the author.

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> Knowledge with regard to cАncer in general and of breast in particular in class women econСmica and social high (with the target to compare it with the Caritas results (gathered till now information of 50 women).

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> EvaluaciСn in the web of the strategies of confrontation to cАncer of breast with the Mental Adjustment to Cancer scale of M. Watson and S. Greer, with the permission of the authors. <to yam = "6"> </to> 6. SECTOR OF IMAGE AND COMUNICACIсN

<img height = "5" src = "mes.html" width = "5"/> Also ours pАgina web (<to href = "../external.html?link=http://www.fefoc.org/" target = "_ blank"> www.fefoc.org </to>) includes informaciСn especially them cАnceres, tests of autoevaluaciСn of the nicotinism, diverse surveys. The free office vМa e-mail (<to href = "contact.php" target = "_ blank"> fefoc@fefoc.org </to>) estА opened to other consultations.

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