Kazakhstan plans to join Union for International Cancer Control this year

ALMATY. February 28. KAZINFORM /Yelena Ilinskaya/ To fight cancer Kazakhstan plans to join the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) this year. Participants of republican scientific-practical conference "Oncology Management" made it public in Almaty.

As earlier reported, Kazakhstan already signed the Charter of Paris against Cancer on January 31, 2011. The Agreement on strategic partnership with the European School of Oncology and leading oncology centers of South Korea, France, Japan, Israel, Austria, Turkey, etc was signed as well. Joining the UICC will be a new page of development of Kazakhstan's oncology.

As representatives of the Kazakh Scientific and Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology noted, modern innovative methods of diagnosis and treatment of tumors were widely introduced in the country's oncological practice. This allows to reduce the mortality rate and improve the quality of medical services.

According to the participants of the conference, the disease incidence has been reduced in the country. The mortality rate dropped by 23% as well.

As the WHO forecasts, the disease incidence and mortality caused by malignant neoplasms will increase 1.5-2 times worldwide by 2020.