The Association of Oncologists of Russia will summarize the results of the four-year cycle of work

From May 18 to May 20, Samara will host the XII Congress of Oncologists of Russia, which will bring together the chief oncologists of the regions of Russia, leading oncologists, radiologists and radiotherapists, heads of medical organizations and departments in the field of oncology and related specialties.  

Four difficult years have fallen to the share of the current president of the Association, the chief oncologist of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrey Kaprin and the Association itself. Two years of the pandemic, restructuring of personnel and medical reserves. Restriction of professional international contacts. Under these conditions, the Association of Oncologists of Russia, as the largest professional community, has not only not reduced its activities – its role in organizing the anti-cancer fight in our country is only growing, as well as its numerical composition.

AOR experts have developed more than a hundred clinical recommendations on major oncological nosologies, advanced training schools and master classes in live surgery are held throughout Russia with the participation of leading specialists of national medical centers, and many major Forums and Congresses have been organized. 

The upcoming XII Congress will be a significant event for the meeting of Russian specialists.  The content of the scientific program reflects the latest achievements in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of oncological diseases of various localizations. At the Congress, key aspects of the organization of oncological services, drug provision and palliative care will be announced. It is planned to analyze interesting and complex clinical cases, round tables with leading oncologists and healthcare organizers, and discuss changes in clinical recommendations.

Also, on the second day of the Congress, a reporting and election meeting of the Association of Oncologists of Russia will be held, where the results of the election of the organization’s leadership will be announced. The program also includes a meeting of the RAS Committee on Education, a meeting of the Association of Oncologists of the Volga Federal District, a competition for young oncologists, etc. In addition, the participants will discuss the prospects for the development of a system of cancer registers and screenings, the use of information, including telemedicine, technologies. An important event will be sections for nurses and patients, as well as conducting master classes from the operating rooms live in the format of “live surgery”.

The event was organized with the support of the Ministry of Health of Russia and the direct participation of the ONC “Association of Oncologists of Russia”, the Association of Oncological Institutions of the Volga Federal District, the NMIC of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia, the Samara Regional Clinical Oncological Dispensary, the Samara State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia and the Kazan State Medical Academy.

The event will take place on May 18-20, 2023 at the Holiday Inn Samara site at the address: Samara, Alexey Tolstoy str., 99. Detailed program of the Congress on the website : https://oncology-russia.ru/

Press Service of the NMIC of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia