Kazakh rep: Turkic states should seek scientific ways to jointly fight cancer

Turkic states should seek scientific ways to jointly combat oncological diseases, the Chairman of the Kazakh National Scientific Oncological Center, Zhandos Burkitbayev, said in a statement to journalists on the sidelines of the First Congress of Oncologists of the Turkic-Speaking States Union held in Baku, Report informs.

He noted that 30,000 oncological patients are registered in Kazakhstan every year.

Burkitbayev said that cooperation in the field of healthcare should be further strengthened in order for the Turkic-speaking states to combat cancer:

"Then, scientific ways of this fight should be sought. Cooperation in all areas of health care, education and scientific activity should be expanded. There are broad prospects for this."