Kazakhstan to build world-class cancer centre
As is known, year 2011 has been announced the Year of South Korea in Kazakhstan. Its (South Korea's) investments in this project will make more than USD 300 mln. The Korean side shall build this centre in Astana. Kazakhstan has already received the up-to-date diagnostic equipment worth USD 4 mln from the Korean delegation.
Raushan Issayeva, the acting Director of Science and Human Resources Department of the Kazakh Healthcare Ministry, said that according to WHO, by 2020 the number of cancer patients would rise twofold and by 2050 every second person would be in a risk-group. "Realizing the globalization of this problem, we believe the forum will be of great importance for us. It is not accidental that since 2001 oncology has been given priority by the Kazakhstan authorities. The main macro-indicator of the oncology service is good detection of cancer at the 1st and 2nd stages. Over the last five years we have observed positive results in this direction. Thus, the number of people with this disease has reduced by 13% and to date we are able of detecting the complex forms of cancer", she noted.
The conference was attended by more than 30 leading oncologists from the South Korea.
South Korea is one of the leading countries of the world successfully fighting with cancer. South Korean scientists conduct researches on development of medicals and apply the latest achievements in technologies.
According to Director of the Kazakh National Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology Zhetkergen Arzykulov, about 60 Kazakhstani oncologists will go to South Korea soon to pass trainings and master innovative technologies in cancer diagnostics and treatment.
The conference was organized by the Healthcare Ministry of Kazakhstan, the Kazakh National Research Institute of Oncology and K. Massimov Recreation Centre.