National Children's Medical Center: my country has 372 children's tumor surveillance sites
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 27 (Reporter Xia Ke) The reporter learned from the National Children's Medical Center on the 27th that my country's childhood tumor surveillance system has taken shape, with 372 surveillance sites, including 202 national designated surveillance sites.
"This is a real-time dynamic monitoring system for children's tumors, which will provide comprehensive, scientific and accurate big data support for the national children's tumor prevention and control work." said Ni Xin, director of the National Children's Medical Center and dean of Beijing Children's Hospital. , Analysis can discover the high incidence of childhood tumors and their causes in a certain place, and then provide targeted prevention and control strategies, thereby reducing the incidence of the tumor, reducing the economic burden, and alleviating the difficulty in seeking medical treatment.
The reporter learned that the platform of the National Children's Cancer Surveillance Center was officially launched on December 27, 2019.
The platform is based on the technology and method construction of medical big data, with tumor patients under the age of 20 as the monitoring target and full-process management. The range of disease types includes all malignant tumors, benign tumors of the central nervous system, carcinoma in situ, tumors with uncertain or unknown dynamics , And some diseases of the blood and hematopoietic immune system.
In August 2020, the National Health Commission issued a notice, deciding to set up five national children's regional medical centers in the Northeast, East China, Central South, Southwest, and Northwest regions to coordinate and coordinate development with the National Children's Medical Center.
Ni Xin said that the establishment of a four-level children's medical and health service system, led by the National Children's Medical Center and the National Children's Regional Medical Center as the backbone, will gradually promote the rational distribution and balance of my country's children's medical and health resources. Develop and improve the level of pediatric medical services.
Ni Xin said that through the leadership of the National Children's Medical Center, the collaboration of regional medical centers, and the joint improvement of pediatric medical institutions, the diagnosis and treatment of difficult and critical illnesses in children in my country and the prevention and control of common and frequently-occurring diseases will be greatly improved; at the same time, By strengthening the training of medical talents and improving clinical research capabilities, the overall coordinated development of pediatrics across the country will finally be realized, and high-quality pediatric medical services can be enjoyed at home.