The chief oncologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation reported an increase in the number of cancer patients
The chief oncologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation Andrei Kaprin said that over the past few years, the incidence of oncology has been growing: the number of patients with malignant neoplasms increases annually by 600 thousand people. “We now, according to statistical data, have about 600 thousand cases of oncology per year, this figure is constantly growing. Previously, monitoring showed 500 thousand a year, then 560, now the figure has grown to 600, ” RBC quotes Caprine.