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Olga Malinovskaya, head of the medical department at KDL Medscan, said that after age 40 people should be regularly screened for bowel cancer, including with a fecal occult blood test. A negative result does not rule out the disease, so the test is recommended to be repeated every one to two years.
Aziz KarimovThe Republican Oncology Center presented the results of mammographic screening from 2021 to June 2025: more than 2.6 million women were examined, cancer was detected in 6,702, with 78% at early stages. Since 2024, free screening has been available for women over 45.
Madina UsmonovaUzbekistan is holding a Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, 4,793 new cases and 2,085 deaths among women were registered in the country in 2024. Onco-mammologist Lola Zokirova and obstetrician-gynecologist Dilfuza Aniyozova told Gazeta about symptoms, risk factors, the mammographic screening program and the problem of late presentation, including turning to folk healers.
Aziz Karimov
