Second Mongolian-Korean Joint Symposium on Gastric Cancer takes place
The symposium focused on the significance of early detection of stomach cancer, prevention, diagnosis, treatment of priority disease and the use of enteral and parenteral nutrition for cancer patients
Leading professors from the Korean Gastric Cancer Association and Department of Surgery of the Seoul National University attended the symposium in Ulaanbaatar to share the country’s experience on fighting stomach cancer and to introduce the modern treatments and management of the disease and surgical techniques. The symposium focused on the significance of early detection of stomach cancer, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of priority disease as well as the use of enteral and parenteral nutrition for a patient with cancer in late stage. Moreover, special training for doctors of the first and secondary level hospitals have been conducted. Mongolia has the second highest incidence of gastric cancer in the world and the highest with its mortality rate. As of 2017, nearly 900 new cases of gastric cancer were found and 600 of them died. Experts stress that death rate tends to increase annually. Therefore, the National Cancer Center (NCC) is taking actions to detect stomach cancer in its early stage and implement a specific program. Specifically, the NCC intends to continue the program ‘Whole Liver-Mongolia’ with actions against stomach cancer. Thanks to the successful realization of the program, Mongolia is detecting liver cancer in its early stage and performing liver transplant surgery at home today.
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