The chief oncologist of the Russian Ministry of Health announced enormous progress in oncology over the past decades

Over the past decades, oncology has made tremendous progress. This statement was made by the chief oncologist of the Russian Ministry of Health, Andrei Kaprin, in an interview with TASS.

As the oncologist pointed out, there are currently diseases that can be cured “in the vast majority of cases,” especially if they were identified in the early stages. “Targeted and immunotherapy, modern methods of radiation treatment, cellular technologies, and molecular genetic diagnostics have appeared,” said Kaprin.

He noted that even with a widespread tumor process, in some cases it is possible to control a disease for which until recently there were few possibilities for treatment.

At the same time, Kaprin admitted that there are still complex tumors, for example, glioblastoma, pancreatic cancer and other diseases, where specialists have a lot of work to do. According to him, not a single serious oncologist can name the exact year when humanity will be able to declare victory over cancer.