One in 25 residents of the Mykolaiv Oblast has cancer

Briefing by Volodymyr Klochka and Dmytro Lagochev. Photo: Olena Kozubovska «NykVesty"

Briefing by Volodymyr Klochka and Dmytro Lahochev. Photo: Olena Kozubovska NikVesti

43,000 residents of the Mykolaiv region are currently registered for cancer.

Dmytro Lahochev, general director of the Mykolaiv Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention and director of the Mykolaiv Regional Oncology Center, told about this at the briefing.

«Despite the fact that we are working on measures aimed at the prevention of oncological diseases, the problem is still relevant. The number of people who are currently registered is more than 43 thousand people in the Mykolaiv region. So that you understand, this is every 25th resident of the Mykolayiv region,» said Dmytro Lahochev.

In 2023, there were 223.2 people with oncology per 100,000 population in the region.

Dmytro Lahochev noted that 3.5 to 4.5 thousand people with newly discovered malignant tumors are diagnosed annually in the region. Also, up to 2,000 residents of the Mykolaiv region die from malignant tumors every year.

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.

It is worth noting that during the war, the number of cancer patients increased in the Mykolaiv Oblast: breast cancer and skin cancer were the most common.