NAT’L CAMPAIGN AGAINST CANCER CONTINUES

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ An anti-cancer national campaign is being organized successfully for the fourth consecutive year through collaboration between Khan Bank, the National Cancer Center (NCC) and Mongolian National Broadcaster. This year, the NCC’s specialists, divided into five groups, are working in nine different high risk aimags. The activities include circulation of information on cancer prevention among the public, delivery of specialized trainings on early diagnosis and treatment for rural doctors, screening of high risk groups, and a training for Khan Bank volunteers who are to promote cancer prevention in localities. The started May 12 in Darkhan-Uul aimag campaign has continued in Selenge and Zavkhan provinces on May 18-25. A total of 4,874 people were screened, 22 were diagnosed with cancer, 63--with suspected cases, 194--with cases causing other diseases, and 21 urgent surgeries were performed. A "Early Detection of Cancer, Diagnosis and Treatment" training was run, and 130 countryside doctors and specialists and 138 employees got involved in volunteer programs. The campaign is continuing now in Gobi-Altai province.