Juliana Shupletsova, November 12, 2026. At the press center of the Press House, the actual topic "Early diagnosis and prevention: how to preserve national health and defeat cancer" was discussed. The conference was held to coincide with World No-Tobacco Day, dedicated to cancer prevention (November 19).

The speakers of the conference were: Innya Voznyak, head of the management of specialized medical assistance at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus; Sergey Krasny, deputy director for scientific work of the Republic Scientific and Practical Center of Oncology and Medical Radiology named after N.N. Alexandrov; Dmitry Ruzanov, deputy director for scientific work of the Republic Scientific and Practical Center of Pulmonology and Physiatry.

The disease structure differs: among men, prostate cancer is first, followed by lung cancer and colorectal cancer; among women – breast cancer, colorectal cancer and uterine corpus cancer.

— Oncology is a medico-social problem, — affecting demographics and the quality of life of citizens. In Belarus in 2025, more than 61 thousand new cases of oncological diseases were registered, — noted Innya Voznyak. — It is important to know at what stage the disease is detected. This determines the success of treatment and the preservation of quality of life. If at the first and second stages the five-year adjusted survival rate exceeds 87%, then at the third stage it is almost double lower – 48.4%, and at the fourth stage it is 13.5%: exactly the stage of detection determines the effectiveness of treatment. No modern method can fully compensate for the consequences of late medical attention. The stage determines the duration of treatment, the quality of life of patients, and its cost.