Oleg Vyshniakov - Ukraine and Israel. Friends, I want to talk to you about oncology.

First of all, I want to tell you some factual and statistical information. Today, Ukraine occupies the second place in Europe in terms of cancer mortality. Over the last decade, the number of cancer patients in the country has increased by 25%. Every year in Ukraine, more than 160 000 people find out that they have cancer. Every day 460 Ukrainians are diagnosed to have cancer.

In spite of the new technologies and modern methods of cancer treatment, the death rate from this terrible disease in Ukraine is extremely disappointing. Less than 40% of patients can be saved.

In order not to make cancer diagnosis a death sentence for Ukrainians, in addition to high-quality equipment and medicine, we also need to have an experience in working with this equipment. We are in need of treatment protocols of different symptoms as well as the experience of diagnosing the disease in its early and therefore curable phases. In this regard, Israel is a country that has a lot to learn. Israeli oncologists are considered to be among the best in the world.

The Honorary Consulate of Israel in every way contributed to the organization of the first Israeli-Ukrainian scientific-practical conference on oncology, hematology and radiology. The Conference will be held on Friday, September 18, in the conference hall of the hotel "КосмополитЪ".

I hope that this experience and skills exchange will be a small, but nevertheless, a useful one achievement in the battle with cancer in Ukraine.