Cancer diagnosis has doubled in Russia

ASHGABAT, October 10 – RIA Novosti. Over ten years in Russia, the diagnosis of malignant neoplasms has more than doubled, and the share of detection of diseases at an early stage has exceeded 60%, Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Evgenia Kotova told reporters.

“In fact, over 10 years, we have more than doubled the diagnosis of malignant neoplasms, and diagnosis at an early stage has exceeded 60%,” she said on the sidelines of an international health conference in Turkmenistan.

As Kotova explained, the result was achieved thanks to the national project to combat cancer. According to her, at the same time the five-year survival rate of such patients improves, which means life expectancy increases.

Separately, she focused on successes in the fight against childhood cancer. According to Kotova, the World Health Organization has recognized Russia as one of the leaders in this field.

“Our survival rate after treatment and diagnosis... of malignant neoplasms in children exceeds 83% overall, and in certain localizations it is even 98%. This is not how we evaluate ourselves, this is how the WHO assessed it,” she emphasized.

Kotova recalled that cancer, like diseases of the circulatory system and diabetes, make the largest contribution to mortality worldwide. According to her, national projects allow us to concentrate financial, human and technological resources on improving the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases.