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Diagnosed with cancer. What next?Unfortunately, routine professional check-ups which would help diagnose cancer at an early stage are not widely available in Russia. Russians tend to consult a doctor only after definite symptoms have surfaced. With cancer, by that stage it is often too late. Some changes for the better have become evident recently. The Healthcare Ministry issued a statement on November 27 requiring every adult to apply for a routine physical examination once every three years, starting from 2013 (http://ria.ru/society/20121127/912379742.html). If the government financing for this initiative proves sufficient, many Russian patients will be able to be diagnosed earlier and will stand a far greater chance of recovery. In any case, whenever a patient is diagnosed with cancer, the first thing to do is to have it confirmed by another doctor, and the next step is to begin treatment immediately. The doctor who issued the diagnosis is expected to work out an action plan. However, the patient should not just passively go with the flow, doctors say. It often happens that the oncologist at their community outpatient clinic does not have the time to discuss the whole range of treatment methods available with the patient, Nailya Panarina, a physician from the Obninsk Medical Radiological Research Center, told RIA Novosti. “There is a wide variety of cancer treatment programs, specialists and clinics. There are many open sources of the required information. The ultimate responsibility for choosing the treatment program and the doctor lies with the patient. It is wrong to dodge this responsibility,” she added. Дата добавления: 2015-02-05 | Просмотры: 750 | Нарушение авторских прав |