Increasingly, in everyday life, people began to face a terrible medical verdict - diagnosed with cancer. And if a few decades earlier it could mean only one thing - death, today the majority of cancer patients gain hope for recovery. New oncology centers are opening in all European countries, ready to accept people with various degrees of this disease for treatment. There are such centers in Russia. One of the most famous is the Nikolai Blokhin Cancer Center.
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The history of the center begins in the middle of the twentieth century, when the Institute of Cancer Therapy that existed at that time was transformed into an oncology center headed by Nikolai Nikolaevich Blokhin. Talented leader and highly professional specialist, NikolayBlokhin in a short time was able to gather around him a team of experienced and young doctors of various specializations - radiologists, surgeons, radiologists, representatives of various sciences. Blokhin managed to create one of the best scientific and practical schools in the country, which soon became an authoritative and leading center. In honor of the Russian surgeon-oncologist, founder and first director, the center received a nominal name. Nikolai Blokhin died at the age of 81 - it happened in 1993. Eight years later, the Russian Cancer Research Center. Blokhin was headed by Professor, Chief Oncologist of the Russian Federation Mikhail Ivanovich Davydov.
Oncology Center Units
The structure of the cancer center is divided into 5 divisions. The Institute of Clinical Oncology for the adult population is open for 850 beds. The Institute of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, which is also engaged in scientific and practical work, is ready to accept up to 150 children of different ages for treatment. The Division of Clinical and Experimental Radiology provides 50 beds. 16 modern laboratories are provided by the Institute of Carcinogenesis, where the study and removal of deep tumors is practiced. A little more - namely 21 laboratories - is represented by the unit of experimental diagnostics and therapy of tumors.
All institutes employ specialists who have proven themselves from the best side, as well as repeatedly proved their professionalism in practice, which is confirmed by a large number of positive reviews from those people who have been treated incancer center. Due to the broad profile of the direction of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, the Blokhin Cancer Center is known far beyond the borders of the country.
Orientation by type of activity
More than 3,500 employees represent the Blokhin Cancer Center. Doctors have different academic degrees - among those who have dedicated their lives to the cancer center there are 5 academicians, 89 professors, 7 specialists with the academic title of corresponding members, as well as more than 200 doctors of science. Patients with malignant neoplasms, those who are in the stage of precancerous pathology can apply to the center.
Ongoing research is carried out in the field of detailed study of tumor cells, mechanisms and progression of processes. Genetic, immunological, molecular, virological and many other aspects are affected here. New productive methods of radiation, drug, and combination therapy are being developed, and much attention is paid to pediatric oncology. In addition to the introduction of new devices, constant training and retraining of specialists working at the Center is also underway.
Results of the cancer center
The titanic work carried out by the specialists of the Center every day brings its positive results. Conducted extensive surgical operations on the liver with the use of expensive drugs and new medical devices have increased the possibility of such treatment methods by 25%. In this regard, the mortality of patients with kidney and liver damage by cancer cells decreased by 10-15 percent. This is one ofmany positive results achieved by the Blokhin Institute. The Cancer Center is also doing a lot of work towards surgeries of primary tumors as well as those arising from metastases.
The possibility of such surgical interventions with a positive result has increased by 40-45%. Desired results increased by 20-25%. Big steps have been taken with respect to high-dose chemotherapy - early toxic mortality has dropped sharply from 16% to 0 (it is known that not every organism can tolerate a high dose of a drug, especially one weakened by a terrible disease).
Results in Pediatric Oncology
Oncological centers in Moscow pay great attention to pediatric oncology, but the highest results were achieved in the Blokhin Cancer Center. Only here the most complex surgical operations for transplantation of related organs are carried out, which bring positive results. A special accompanying therapy has been developed, and prevention methods have been introduced that regulate the response of the transplant organ to a new host.
Two-year survival rate among children with cancer increased from 27% to 82%. Some varieties of chronic leukemia - myeloid and juvenile myelomonocytic - have also succumbed to treatment. Partially compatible transplantation of related organs helped not only to significantly increase survival, but also improve the quality of life of the operated patient.child. This is the prerogative of this Center, which has not yet been achieved by other cancer centers in Moscow.
Patient testimonials
Every year in Russia more than 450 thousand people fall ill with oncology. More than 300 thousand of them die. Often, patients are diagnosed with a terrible diagnosis too late, when there is little that can be done. But even in this case, specialists are ready to help patients who apply to the Blokhin Institute (oncology center). Reviews of the productive activities of doctors fully reveal their work: surgeon V. Yu. Ivashkov is the best in the world, mammologist R. A. Kerimov - a doctor from God, angiosurgeon I. K. Vorotnikov - a man with a capital letter, a true professional in his field, oncologist D. A. Burov is an amazing person and an excellent doctor and many others. And behind every gratitude - not just words, but someone's saved life at the Blokhin Institute.
Finding an oncology center is not at all difficult, even when you are in Moscow for the first time, every third resident of the capital knows about this place.
What you need to know when applying for the first time
Examination and treatment at the Center is provided to Russians free of charge, except in cases where the disease falls under the category of paid services (an extremely difficult situation). Now it is widely practiced to make an appointment with a doctor via the Internet, but at the institute there is a face-to-face meeting with a specialist (there is no appointment by phone). On the day of treatment, the patient is issued an outpatient card, with which he, after some time, gets a consultation withspecialist.
For a more effective visit, it is worth preparing the documentation package as much as possible - tests, discharges, referrals, completed stages of treatment, x-rays, mammography, ultrasound, ECG and all other procedures. Of course, you need to have personal documents with you (passport, policy), and it is also better to come with an escort - you can take one of your relatives. Appointments with a doctor via the Internet are not made - each case is considered on an individual basis.
A little about paid services
Paid services to the population are provided according to the schedule and regime established by the Blokhin Institute (cancer center). Reviews of patients who have passed the stages of paid treatment procedures speak of their safety and quality. These services are provided only to certain segments of the population. These are foreign citizens, persons without registration of Russian citizenship, as well as those patients who do not have the right to free treatment (lack of policy and referral). The same category includes people who received services for a larger amount than provided for by the free medical care program. People whose diseases do not fall under the specialization of the institute's employees, but who can still be provided with it, will also receive the right to treatment on paid terms (upon concluding an appropriate contract). Now let's find out how to get to the cancer center.
Address
The institute is so famous far beyond the capital that it will not be difficult to find itlabor. Most often, when asking a simple passer-by a question: “How to get to the oncology center?”, You can hear the answer: “So this is Kashirka, the oncology center is located there.” The official address is as follows: Moscow, Kashirskoye shosse, house 23 (in the postal address it is worth indicating the house at number 24). The specialists begin their work at half past eight in the morning. It is also worth knowing the working days of the Blokhin Institute. The Cancer Center is open all week, except for the standard weekends - Saturday and Sunday. The admission department where patients are hospitalized, in addition to these two days, is also closed on Friday.
