Cancer Surgery
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Letter to Editor

Significance of Primary Care Healthcare Services in the Early Detection of Cancer

Onur Ozturk^1* and Izzet Fidanci²

¹Family Medicine Specialist/Sexual Therapist, Asarcik Family Health Centre, Samsun, Turkey

²Family Medicine Specialist, Atakum Community Health Center, Samsun, Turkey

*Corresponding Author:

Dr. Onur Ozturk
Family Medicine Specialist/Sexual Therapist
Asarcik Family Health Centre
Samsun, Turkey
Tel: +905547536566
E-mail: dr.onurozturk@yahoo.com

Received Date: June 08, 2016; Accepted Date: June 30, 2016; Published Date: June 06, 2016

Citation: ozturk O (2016) Significance of Primary Care Healthcare Services in the Early Detection of Cancer . Can Surg 1:107.

Copyright: © 2016 Ozturk O. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Holistic view and protective medicine are a must in the discipline family practise. Cancer is one of the diseases having the possibility of being detected early in the preventive medicine in routine practises, especially in middle and advanced age group. The most important mission is the primary healthcare services, which is the first contact point, in the early detection of disease groups, especially of cancers. In our article, we aimed to determine the significance of primary care healthcare services in the early detection of cancer and to raise awareness.

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