A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 8, 2004

Better cancer services
for the north planned |

THE NORTHERN, Health”

Authority (NHA) is moving ©}.
ahead. with: plans to improve |
the level of cancer Ircatment |

services in ‘the north.’

It already provides “¢he-. Q

motherapy. in. conjunetidn

with the B.C. Cancer‘Agen-
cy: but now wants: to:moye.
toa. higher level; radiation :’:
SAYS authority «_

treatment,
CEO Malcolm: Maxwell:

_ “When you ‘think: of the”

services, there is | . preven-

-tion and - screening “such (as
" mammography,
which begins with surgery —
‘and then chemotherapy and -
radiography and: palliative —
care and support,” explained
‘Maxivell. -
“With “radiation,. “clearly”
“people. have said-to us: that:

treatment

this is teally something. that

is needed in the: north, “he

added.

. The call :-
treatment came from ‘region-
wide meetings. ‘held “by the’

NHA this spring:in-which it:
asked people for. their ‘health

care. priori ties;

| A-15,000- “Signature peti
tion based in- Prince George
has since’ been assembled
and similar. petition: ‘dtives

are underway i in other cilies,
‘including Terrace; |“

A key” consideraliin ‘is

IT WAS. wer: windy and mild inere tail
“monih. wl. ee
While’ we didn’ it break: any» (empefature
records, Wwe. ‘Were. almost a degree ay avarmer
than our November average, ©

The month’s mean ‘temperature was. s a
this year, That's 0,8.C:higher' than our aver-.”

age November mean of 0.6C~

- The city saw its wart
Nov: 4 when. the. temp
warm 9.3C.-

The coldest day of :the’ rhonth Wa ‘Nov:
12, when the mercury. dropped to “4.8C. oe

for ‘radiation,

~ Authority, :
~ wide agency ‘which. finances:

nest day of the month
ture. ‘liribed loa”

Malcolm Maxwell’

the travel and expense factor | -

fortherners face when. they.

‘have lo go south for radiation °

“treatment; said Maxwell. -" a
YT reatment. could take. -
“six, or’seven or eight weeks us
and: ‘that‘can. be ‘a real chal.”
‘lenge for’ tndividials to" do:
that,” he satd. . 7

The NHA is ‘starting by.

: holding discussions with the ~
Provincial: Health Services...
‘the. -province-".

the. BC: ‘Cancer Agency.

“rain. i

We received 222: é mm of i rain making it:
‘the 7th rainiest November: ‘On- record. LS
“Precipitation: fell:on 24. days. last month,
just above the November a average: of 2 ‘days
“swith snow or: ‘rainfall. °
Phe: ‘month: Was’ a: bit: vinder than. usual. :
“with an average wind Speedo oft 16. 8 B kan ust

to the north.

“Maxwell. - said.

ple.

““T don’t think: ‘money. is

“The NHA,

Smithers, - Terrace

The call for, an’ ‘improved.

TevelOf cancer. treatment is
“also. being driven. by the ag-
.. Ing population’ ‘of. the. norih:
“Officials from both: bod: :
am ies are now’ to.examine ra-
‘diation : therapy models: of
Services. which: could apply

vem ber here |. |

“The mild. temperatures” were > matched
“with heavy precipitation. - fa wpe.
~ While ‘37.4 cm of snow- fell, on. the city, :
“Most of ‘last month’ 8. brecipitation came: as +

‘Although cancer strikes: all

older.

‘service J. :
models lobe studied take an
in populations : of. between:

. 500; 000: and 730, 000" pb, a

AN % LIGHT U UP

The challenge, he said, is L
~ finding a mode! that’ ‘works re
- for the north withits 300, 000,
people: ‘given the highly spe=
. cialized nature, of radiation me
treatment’ ac A
; “What we're really look- "> f>
ing for’ is how. to provide.)
something that provides ex-. :
cellent clinical results for'a
“population ‘of. our. size ‘and.
taking’ into, account the ‘re-° +:
ality of travel: in the’ north,” 7
. said Maxwell: ae

-an issue. Iis.finding'some- ©.
thing tha works," Maxwell ca

‘FACTORY SALE”

: Produc Hos Arrived! On Sale Now!

in. 1 ‘conjunes
tidn with. the. B.C. Cancér:.
Agency, chemotherapy .ser--
vices-are available in Fort St. .
John, Dawson, Creek, Prince

' George;
‘arid Prince: Rupert. -.

| this Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday

age groups, it becomes more
. prevalent: as: people. ‘become:

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