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German Cancer Aid. / 50.721348°N 7.112759°E / 50.721348; 7.112759. The German Cancer Aid ( German: Deutsche Krebshilfe) is a not-for-profit organization to fight cancer in all its forms. The institution was founded on September 25, 1974, by Mildred Scheel during the term of her husband, Walter Scheel, as federal president of Germany.
According to the World Health Organization, Germany's health care system was 77% government-funded and 23% privately funded as of 2004. [8] In 2004 Germany ranked thirtieth in the world in life expectancy (78 years for men). Physician density in Germany is 4.5 physicians per 1000 inhabitants as of 2021.
In 2010, the Medical Center's International Pancreatic Cancer Center was the first in Germany to perform a laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy. All are procedures available only in a select few hospitals. In 2004, the University Medical Center Freiburg became the first clinic in Germany to perform a blood group incompatible kidney transplantation.
The research was funded by the National Institute of Cancer in France. ESOPHAGEAL CANCER. This German study looked at 438 people with a type of cancer of the esophagus that can be treated with ...
In January 1995, the government of Helmut Kohl introduced the Social Law XI 1, the German long term care insurance. It is an independent part of the social security in Germany, in the Sozialgesetzbuch and provides financial provision for the risk of care necessity. Long-term care insurance was introduced as the fifth pillar of social insurance ...
Davis, the San Antonio cancer patient, said she was in the hospital when she asked for help finding community resources. She said a case manager set a book of available resources on her bedside ...
All of this can be compounded for patients who don't speak English or have no experience navigating the health care system, noted Gladys Arias, a policy principal with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. Davis, the San Antonio cancer patient, said she was in the hospital when she asked for help finding community resources.
The Research More than 1,000 women – 1,213 to be exact – took part in the study. Of these patients, 197 told the researchers they actively tried to get pregnant after their breast cancer ...