Cancer mortality rates have fallen in Mykolaiv region

Emergency hospital in Mykolaiv. Illustrative photo: NikVesti

In 2025, 1,338 people died from cancer in the Mykolaiv region. The most common diagnoses remain breast, skin and lung cancer.

This was reported by Maksym Beznosenko, director of the regional oncology centre, in response to an information request from NikVesti.

For comparison:

• in 2020, 1,457 deaths were registered,

• in 2021 — 1,621,

• in 2022 — 609,

• in 2023 — 882,

• in 2024 — 1,247,

• in 2025 — 1,338.

Number of registered deaths, screenshot from the document

«The mortality rate in the Mykolaiv region, calculated per 100,000 of the region's population, shows a general downward trend between 2017 and 2025. Thus, in 2017, this indicator was 164.5 per 100,000 population, and by the end of 2025, it will be 123.3, which is 25.0% lower than at the end of 2017,» the information request states.

What types of cancer are most common

The structure of cancer diseases in the Mykolaiv region remains relatively stable. In 2025, doctors most often detected:

1. Breast cancer — 385 cases (14.1%)

2. Skin cancer — 353 cases (13.0%)

3. Trachea, bronchus and lung cancer — 257 cases (9.4%)

4. Prostate cancer — 214 cases (7.8%)

5. Colon cancer — 209 cases (7.7%)

6. Rectal and anal cancer — 177 cases (6.5%)

7. Cancer of the uterine body — 153 cases (5.6%)

8. Stomach cancer — 109 cases (4.0%)

9. Pancreatic cancer — 96 cases (3.5%)

10. Thyroid cancer — 82 cases (3.0%)

11. Cervical cancer — 76 cases (2.8%)

12. Kidney cancer — 66 cases (2.4%)

13. Ovarian cancer — 62 cases (2.3%)

14. Bladder cancer — 57 cases (2.1%)

15. Oral cancer — 47 cases (1.7%)

Among men, lung, prostate, skin, colon and stomach cancers are most commonly diagnosed.

In women, breast, skin, body and cervical cancer, as well as ovarian and thyroid cancer, predominate in the structure of morbidity.

At Maternity Hospital №3 in Mykolaiv, pathologies were detected in 50% of patients during three months of mammography use: what is known

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On 22 October 2025, a breast disease diagnosis centre was opened at Maternity Hospital №3 in Mykolaiv. The facility was equipped with funds from the city budget, renovated and an Italian mammography machine was installed. The device allows for quick, painless and contraindication-free examinations.

This is the second location in the city where mammography examinations can be performed — the first device is in operation at Hospital №5 in the Korabelnyi district.

In almost three months of operation of the mammography department at Maternity Hospital №3 in Mykolaiv, doctors have detected pathologies in more than half of the women examined. According to Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych, 483 women underwent examinations, and doctors detected pathologies in 279 of them.

It should be noted that the examination is recommended for all women over 40 years of age — once every two years or as directed by a doctor. Currently, the service is paid, but the institution is already preparing documents so that in 2026 it will become available under the medical guarantee programme.

It should be noted that in the Mykolaiv region, the number of people registered with cancer has increased by 17.9% over the past five years. At the same time, the incidence rate per 100,000 population from 2020 to 2025 has decreased by almost a third.