Awards: to Dario Vassallo Lilt recognition for 100 years of the fight against cancer

To Dario Vassallo, president of the Angelo Vassallo Foundation Mayor Pescatore, the merit award ” for his commitment to the spread of cancer prevention and the consolidation of Lilt ‘, on the occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of the Italian League for the Fight against Tumors ”. The conferral took place this morning, at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, John Paul II Hall, with the intervention of Francesco Schittulli, national president of Lilt, of Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired, and the Minister of Health, Roberto Hope. One hundred years of the fight against cancer for Lilt which, in the midst of the covid-19 emergency, has remained alongside cancer patients, asking for priority over vaccines for them. “Supporting scientific research means supporting hope – begins Dario Vassallo, brother of the mayor Pescatore and dermatologist who is personally involved in raising awareness of the fight against cancer – So I am very grateful to Lilt for this contribution which excites me a lot. The high level of cancer care in our country is highlighted by the 5-year survival rates, which reach 65% in women and 59% in men. In addition, in six years (2015-2021), there was an overall decline in cancer mortality of 10% in men and 8% in women. Excellent results which, however, risk being thwarted without adequate planning, because the fourth pandemic wave is further worsening an already critical situation. “” I fully share the cry of alarm launched in the last few hours by the president of Acoi (Association of Italian Hospital Surgeons) , Professor Marco Scatizzi, on the state of suffering of the hospitals and on the criticality linked to the closure of numerous surgical departments replaced by Covid departments, strongly reiterating that the pandemic does not stop other pathologies – continues Vassallo – We must note that little has been done in these two years to strengthen the Italian health system with the safety of the departments, with the strengthening of the workforce and with the creation of adequate measures capable of facing new emergency conditions “. A social vocation that puts the person and his Welfare. “It is the same spirit of mission that also drives the Vassallo Foundation, albeit in different areas – continues Dario Vassallo – For us it is an ethical duty to transmit to the younger generations the principles of the Mayor Pescatore, his pioneering vision of environmentalism, the protection of nature and the seas and instill the principles of a culture of legality in public administration and society. We share with Lilt the desire to support and protect life and the future “. A long history, that of the Italian League for the Fight against Cancer – the only public body supervised by the Ministry of Health with the aim of spreading the” culture of prevention “as a way of life for a future without cancer. In 2022 we celebrate 100 years dedicated to cancer patients, their families and the development of campaigns, initiatives and projects aimed at spreading the correct lifestyles as the first effective weapon to defend against cancer. presentation of the stamp issued by the Ministry of Economic Development belonging to the thematic series “The civic sense” dedicated to Lilt and her 100th anniversary and the Celebration Volume of the Centenary by Giuseppe de Tomaso. Among the winners also Gianni Letta, Coni president Giovanni Malagò, Albano Carrisi singer-songwriter and testimonial of the Azzurro Lilt Path, Erika Stefani Minister for Disabilities, Girolamo Sirchia, Mogol (Giulio Rapelli), Francesco Paolo Figliuolo and many others.