This is stated in a message on the Kremlin's website.
“It is important that, despite the significant adjustment of professional plans related to the threat of the spread of coronavirus infection, the domestic oncological service is coping with new challenges with dignity and remains effective,” the President stressed.
According to him, a large-scale, demanded work is being carried out on the formation of a modern comprehensive system for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of oncological diseases.
“Priority attention is paid to the modernization of clinics, the introduction of advanced technologies.
International cooperation is developing successfully, ”Putin said.
He also expressed confidence that the forum, which takes place in Moscow from September 21 to 25, will contribute to the development of new approaches to solving urgent problems of combating cancer.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree granting a subsidy of almost 4 billion rubles for the construction of a medical radiological center in St. Petersburg.