Joint efforts in fighting cancer

by VTV408 December 2015 Last updated at 16:44 PM

VTV.vn - The Ministry of Health this morning, December 8, held a conference on multidisciplinary co-operation in national cancer prevention.

The event is to propose a national cancer prevention plan, and to call for all relevant departments, organisations and international partners to join hand in the fight against cancer. At the conference, experts stressed that cancer is a national problem, accounting for 66% of in turn detrimentally impacts the country’s socioeconomic development when it comes to treatment costs.

Statistics show that there are 150 thousand new cancer patients each year in Vietnam, posing a challenge for not only the medical sector, but also other sectors. Experts at the conference also discussed possible solutions to prevent, early diagnosis, and effective cancer treatment in the near future.

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