More than 700 cancer patients operated in N Kazakhstan rgn in 2014

PETROPAVLOVSK. KAZINFORM - In 2014 Petropavlovsk specialists of surgical department of Oncology Center operated more than 700 patients with cancer, this has been announced duwing a press conference in the regional oncology center.

The meeting with journalists has been held in the framework of the World Cancer Day which is celebrated annually on February 4. According to the head of the surgical department Malik Seksembayev, over the past year there have been operated more than 700 people. After the operations patients live more than 5 years. He also noted that there have been carried out 39 radical surgery for gastric cancer.