Diagnosis and personalized treatment of breast cancer patients

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The oncologists from the Lviv oblast participated in the "Diagnosis and personalized treatment of breast cancer patients" conference held in Zaporizhzhia, which was arranged by the National Cancer Institute and State Institution "Zaporizhzhia Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine", which took place on October 12-13, 2017 in Zaporizhzhia.
 
       
 
Uliana Suprun, Acting Minister of Health in Ukraine, also took part in the conference. She is a radiologist by specialization, and actively supports the development and implementation of best practices in the field of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Yaroslav Shparyk, head of the department of chemotherapy in the Lviv Cancer Treatment and Diagnostics Centre, reported on the topic of "Palbociclib - the first theoretical and practical outcomes", and Orest Tril, deputy head physician in the Lviv State Cancer Trearment and Diagnositcs Centre, presented the "Basic models and principles of breast cancer screening in the framework of the "Preventive oncology in the Lviv oblast" project.
Lviv Oblast is the leader in implementing breast cancer screening because, due to the introduction of the joint World Bank's and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine "Serving People, Improving Health" Project, specifically within the "Preventive oncology and the implementation of effective anti-tumor technologies in Lviv oblast" Subproject, 8 mammography devices have been provided for the health care facilities in the oblast.
6 mammography devices that are installed in the oblast-level facilities in the districts and in the city of Lviv, carry out screening; women aged 45-65 are referred for screening mammography examination.
2 mammography devices of the expert class installed in the Lviv State Oblast-level Cancer Treatment and Diagnostics Centre, carry out diagnostics. These mammography devices are equipped with the 3D tomosynthesis program, which ensures a 40% better diagnosis of breast cancer in the early stages.
During the work of mammography devices, 6 652 mammograms were performed as of 01.10.2017.
An electronic registry of the female population has been introduced in the oblast, which makes it possible to analyze the performed mammography examinations, as well as to consult on the interpretation of the results of the mammography examinations by different doctors, as well as to analyze the classification of the detected neoplasms in the BIRADS system.
The project on preventive oncology is being implemented in the Lviv oblast through the support of the World Bank, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, and the Health care Department of Lviv Oblast State Administration.