Miguel Bronchud: I hope the future president of USA will value information in Spanish as NCI does
Miguel Bronchud, Co-Founder and Advisory Board at Regenerative Medicine Solutions, shared on LinkedIn:
“The National Cancer Institute of the United States of America has done since 1937 (F.D. Roosevelt) a wonderful service to all American citizens and to mankind by providing not only key medical innovations and new drugs to treat cancers but also excellent and understandable medical information.
NCI is the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training. (Find information in this link about NCI’s mission, organization, history, leadership, advisory boards, and visitor information).
It has done so during several decades for all American patients – and also for the thousands of Latin American patients who have been diagnosed and treated as private patients in the United States.
I first visited MD Anderson in 1984 (40 years ago) – presenting a research poster on behalf of Prof Alan Horwich (Royal Marsden Hospital in London and Sutton) on testicular cancer markers and placental alkaline phosphatase.
I was very well received in the wards not only by Prof. Fletcher and Dr. Fisher , but also by many Spanish speaking patients- who had difficulty understanding English (not to say understanding their disease and treatment).
I can only wish that the likely winner in the forthcoming elections candidate presidential team (D.Trump/JD Vance) truly understand and respect also in future this basic need for medical information also in Spanish – for the sake and safety of all American citizens and patients from all Latin American countries.
The NCI does. Information is a very powerful tool to understand and fight cancer. And it should be affordable and understandable.”
Source: Miguel Bronchud/LinkedIn
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