Russia's chief oncologist says service improved after break with the West

The Russian oncology service has improved its work after relations with the West were severed. This was reported on November 23 by Andrei Kaprin, chief oncologist at the Russian Ministry of Health, general director of the Russian Ministry of Health's NMRC of Radiology, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

"Today in surgery we mainly perform minimally invasive interventions, when the patient can be discharged from the hospital in two or three days," he said in an interview with RBC TV channel.

Kaprin noted that the scope of microsurgery in oncology has also expanded.

According to him, Russian medicine uses drugs and equipment of both domestic and foreign production. He pointed out that Russia does not feel isolation in the field of medicine, emphasizing that the country has a large and interesting market with links to other states. However, he added that he would like the Russian Federation to create more of its own devices, especially "heavy" ones.

According to Mr. Kaprin, Russian oncologists closely cooperate with colleagues from the CIS countries, China, Iran, India, as well as consult with Western specialists. The academician also pointed out that recently medics from Russia have begun to be welcomed at international conferences.

Project care: blood cancer treatment proposed to be financed separately

Will it help prevent increased mortality among patients

Earlier, on November 10, the president of the All-Russian Society of Oncohematology "Sodeistribution" Lilia Matveeva said in an interview with Izvestia that separate financing of blood cancer treatment would allow doctors to use a larger arsenal of drugs and increase the availability of drug therapy with innovative means for patients.