During the war, the number of cancer patients increased in Mykolaiv Oblast: breast and skin cancers are the most common

In the Mykolaiv region, the number of oncological diseases increased during the full-scale war.

This was stated by the chief physician of the Mykolaiv Regional Oncology Center, Dmytro Lahochev, during a conversation with journalists, «NikVesti» writes.

According to the chief doctor, due to the lack of cancer statistics in 2022, it is currently difficult for doctors to say by what number the number of patients increased in 2023.

However, compared to 2021, there is an increase in cases of malignant tumors. In particular, breast cancer ranks first among cancers, every year the number of patients with this type of cancer increases by 3-4%. Another no less common in the region is skin cancer.

— The number has increased. We are talking about all the patients we are currently treating. Regarding the percentage increase in the number of diseases, let's just start from the situation that 2022 is not informative, because the population of the Mykolaiv region in 2022 was reduced several times. That is, these numbers are not effective. But if we compare with 2021, then the number of diseases of malignant formations in the mammary gland is in the first place, and it increases by 3-4% every time. Skin cancer is included in 5 malignant neoplasms, first of all, it is for the southern region of Ukraine, — he said.

We will remind that the Mykolaiv Regional Oncology Center was given a close-focus X-ray machine that can remove benign and malignant tumors without surgical intervention.

Earlier we reported that in Mykolaiv they plan to overhaul the premises of the regional oncology center for 9 million hryvnias. These are the premises of the facility where patients will undergo chemotherapy and where modern equipment will be installed for this purpose.

On September 18, the Department of Capital Construction of Mykolayiv Oblast announced the relevant tenders. The contractor will have to carry out a major renovation of the premises by February 29, 2024, including installing modern lighting, ventilation, heating and air conditioning systems.