Prevent and Treat cancers in people with Intellectual Disability

ONCODEFI Association
Parc Euromédecine
209 avenue des Apothicaires
34090 Montpellier
09 83 78 85 13

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What are Oncodefi's objectives?

• Care assistance
• Information
• Research

Who does Oncodefi support?

• People with intellectual disabilities
• Their families and friends
• Professionals in the medical and social establishments
• Doctors and scientists

Participate to the progress on cancer in persons with intellectual disability

Cancers developed by persons with intellectual disability are poorly understood and
different from those in the general population. For psychological and biological reasons, the treatment of these cancers is more difficult.

ONCODEFI , the meeting place of two previously distinct medical fields , namely cancer and intellectual disability, is an original project, the first one ever to have been launched in France or    Internationally.

It covers 7,000 new patients each year in France, 35,000 new patients in the USA and over 800,000 in the world.

         ISCAO Team

• ISCAO device

The ISCAO system was implemented in January 2019 within Oncodéfi.
This regional system covers the 13 departments of the Occitanie region and is composed of two nurses responsible for linking the network of medico-social institutions with cancerology services in the public and private sectors.

• Missions of the ISCAO system

Inform about prevention, cancer screening and warning signs.
Respond to the requests of institutions (information, advice, networking) in the care of a resident affected by cancer.
During their interventions, ISCAO liaison nurses do not provide direct care.