Deni
Karelovic,
Split Medical School, Virtual Breast Cancer Centar
The “Breast Cancer” project is being realized
by the support of CARNet (Croatian Academic and Research Network).
This site offers multimedia review of recent breast cancer
data, not only for doctors but for patients, too. Agatha club
(Agatha is a saint, martyr and the patroness of breast illness)
makes this project original, i.e. unique in the world. The
project is dedicated to the people who suffer from breast
cancer. To become the club member you need to fill out a form
that contains personal questions, as well as those about your
illness. All members are anonymous and mutual communication
among them is allowed. For example, database contains following
member’s data: country of origin, city, age and gender,
as well as TNM classification of breast cancer. That gives
them a chance to communicate with each other about their problems,
for example, which surgeon to choose, where and what kind
of implant to get, exchange their experiences of psychological
problems etc. Members have also the advantage of consulting,
free of charge, known specialists (oncologists, gynecologists,
surgeons and psychiatrists) about their disease. This database
is beneficial for those with breast cancer and will also become
the source of the information for epidemiological studies
which will be published in the international scientific journals
and will clarify epidemiological-etiological factors of breast
cancer.
