  Expert: from 80 to 100 children are diagnosed with cancer annually in ArmeniaFebruary 15, 2011 - 13:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Director of the RA National Oncological Center, Professor Gagik Bazikyan said that from 80 to 100 children below 14 are diagnosed with cancer annually in Armenia. Around 30 of them die every year, Bazikyan told a press conference in Yerevan. He added that around 7,500 people are diagnosed with cancer in Armenia annually. Bazikyan said that the people who have overcome the disease, stay registered at the RA National Oncological Center. “Currently, there are 31,000 people, including 1% of children, registered at the center,” Bazikyan said, adding that 46% of people with cancer address to oncologists when it’s too late.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months  A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months.“Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”.Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |
