«ONCOPATROL» STARTS ITS WORK IN ULYANOVSK

All the coming week the Oncopatrol team will be working in the Ulyanovsk region. The program plans a lot of different events, including educational lectures for employees of the two largest enterprises “Aviastar” and Patronny Zavod, lectures for medical school students, a multidisciplinary conference for primary care doctors and nurses. For the first time, a pilot project on early detection of pancreatic cancer will be launched here.

Doctors from the National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation will check the health of plant workers for early detection of cancer. It is important that not only the employees themselves, but also their family members will be checked. The action is planned in honor of the Year of the Family announced by the President in 2024.

With the participation of the head of the region A.Yu. Russkikh and the chief oncologist of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation A.D. Kaprin will hold parliamentary hearings on the topic “Formation of cancer awareness and countering the cancer threat in the Russian Federation”.

The results of the project will be summarized on May 31 in the I.A. Goncharov Ulyanovsk Drama Theater at a gala event.