FEBRUARY 4TH IS WORLD CANCER DAY
Sona Hakobyan

"Radiolur"
04.02.2009 15:59

Every 220 people out of 100 000 in Armenia suffer from cancer. Director
of the National Centre of Oncology Hayrapet Galstyan said an important
factor in the development of malignant tumor is lifestyle.

February 4th is marked as World Cancer Day. It has one objective –
to call the attention of the society to the early diagnosing and
treatment of cancer.

Statistics shows that the number of people with cancer is growing in
the world. An annual 2-3% growth is registered in Armenia.

Director of the National Centre of Oncology Hayrapet Galstyan today
presented the statistics of the disease in Armenia, the reasons and
the ways of avoiding it.