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CANCER AFFECTED CHILDREN IN ARMENIA TREATED BY MOST MODERN MEDICINES - DOCTOR
YEREVAN, February 4. / ARKA /. Cancer affected children in Armenia are
treated by the latest medicines, Grigor Badalyan, head of Pediatric
Oncology and Chemotherapy Department at the National Oncology Center,
said today.
"We use all methods of cancer treatment - surgery, chemotherapy and
radiation therapy- to treat children suffering from cancer," he said
to the press conference marking the International Day against Cancer.
He said these children are being aided by the Armenian fund "Gift of
Life ", chaired by First Lady Rita Sargsyan.
"The fund provides seek Armenian children with all the necessary
medicines, even the most expensive," - he said, adding that only 2-3
cases need medical care abroad.
"There is a group of children with very severe type of the disease
requiring extremely high dosages of chemotherapy to be followed by
bone marrow transplant, and it is the only method we do not have here.
In such cases the children should be treated abroad, however, it is
not a 100% treatment guarantee, " he said.
Badalyan also presented statistics, which say that treatment
effectiveness in developed countries is 75-80 %, and 20-25% in
underdeveloped countries. He said this figure for Armenia is 65%.
Of 7,877 primary cancer cases reported in 2012 more than 50 were cancer
affected children, he said denying allegations that this number was
on the rise.
February 4 is marked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the
Day against Cancer. WHO forecasts that by 2020 the number of new
cases in the world will reach 20 million, and the disease may become
epidemic. -0-
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YEREVAN, February 4. / ARKA /. Cancer affected children in Armenia are
treated by the latest medicines, Grigor Badalyan, head of Pediatric
Oncology and Chemotherapy Department at the National Oncology Center,
said today.
"We use all methods of cancer treatment - surgery, chemotherapy and
radiation therapy- to treat children suffering from cancer," he said
to the press conference marking the International Day against Cancer.
He said these children are being aided by the Armenian fund "Gift of
Life ", chaired by First Lady Rita Sargsyan.
"The fund provides seek Armenian children with all the necessary
medicines, even the most expensive," - he said, adding that only 2-3
cases need medical care abroad.
"There is a group of children with very severe type of the disease
requiring extremely high dosages of chemotherapy to be followed by
bone marrow transplant, and it is the only method we do not have here.
In such cases the children should be treated abroad, however, it is
not a 100% treatment guarantee, " he said.
Badalyan also presented statistics, which say that treatment
effectiveness in developed countries is 75-80 %, and 20-25% in
underdeveloped countries. He said this figure for Armenia is 65%.
Of 7,877 primary cancer cases reported in 2012 more than 50 were cancer
affected children, he said denying allegations that this number was
on the rise.
February 4 is marked by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the
Day against Cancer. WHO forecasts that by 2020 the number of new
cases in the world will reach 20 million, and the disease may become
epidemic. -0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/society/cancer_affected_children_in_armenia_treated_by_mos t_modern_medicines_doctor_/#sthash.fZQ0To0Z.dpuf