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"Thank you, Madam President, and greetings to the new Commissioner.
Cancer is the second most common cause of death. In both 1993 and 2003, Hungary came first in the world in terms of cancer deaths, with the most common being lung, bowel and breast cancers.
We know the causes: unhealthy diet, too little exercise, contraceptives, alcohol, smoking, and harmful environmental factors. We know that the most cost-effective way to combat cancer is prevention, and yet there are Member States, including Hungary for example, where this year money is only being put into screening programmes for mouth, breast and cervical cancers, but not other types of cancer. Patients have to wait six to eight weeks for CT and MRI scans and to commence treatment.
I hope that this report will open the eyes of the Member States – including those of Hungarian politicians – and provide a boost to the current legislative debate on combating smoking. Thank you very much, and best wishes again to the Commissioner."@en1
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