Kaprin spoke about the reduction in one-year mortality in cancer patients
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The one-year mortality rate of cancer patients in Russia decreased from 23.6% in 2015 to 16.6% in 2025, which is a decrease of 7 percentage points, said Andrei Kaprin, chief oncologist of the Ministry of Health, noting a steady positive trend.
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One-year mortality rate measures the proportion of patients with malignant neoplasms who die within the first year after diagnosis and is an important indicator of the effectiveness of cancer care.
The one-year mortality rate of cancer patients has decreased in Russia by 7 percentage points over ten years, and stable positive dynamics have been recorded for this indicator, the chief oncologist of the Russian Ministry of Health, General Director of the National Medical Research Center of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Kaprin told RIA Novosti.
One-year mortality is the proportion of patients with cancer who die within the first year after diagnosis.
“In 2015, the one-year mortality rate was 23.6%, and at the end of 2025 the figure dropped to 16.6%, that is, by seven percentage points. Moreover, this is not a change in one year, but a consistent trend,” Kaprin said.
He added that Russia has recorded a steady positive trend in one-year mortality. According to him, this is a very important indicator for the oncology service.
Open Questions
- What specific measures in the oncology service contributed to the reduction in mortality?
- How did mortality change for different types of cancer?
- Are there regional differences in one-year mortality rates in Russia?
