State of Cancer Care and Peculiarities of Teaching Oncology at the Present Stage
In case of timely detected cancer at stages I-II, surgical treatment leads to full recovery of the patient in the majority of cases. Meanwhile, economical load on health authorities gets significantly lower. Application of screening methods is of crucial importance in DPR, because currently, by the moment the diagnosis is determined more than half of the patients are already not subject to definitive treatment. As the means of preclinical exclusion of cancer, available, affordable, and simple methods can be used: endoscopic examination, ultrasound investigation, dermatoscopy, computer tomography, morphological verification. While training specialists in oncology and medics of other professions, it is necessary to form cancer alert during examination of the patients with various pathologies, and awareness of importance of screening and early diagnostics of cancers. Therefore, it is necessary to provide early diagnostics of cancer with rational use of technical equipment of medical facilities, that will provide favorable afterhistory.