80 patients diagnosed with cancer in Kazakhstan per day

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13:46 21.06.2012
text: Kazinform
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More than 80 patients are diagnosed with cancer in Kazakhstan every day, Director of Science and Human Resources Department of the Healthcare Ministry Murat Teleuov says.

"More than 30 000 people in Kazakhstan are diagnosed with various types of cancer annually, i.e. 80 patients per day. There are 140 000 oncologic patients registered in the country. These figures raise concern," he said at a recent conference dedicated to oncology in Astana.