Danica Grujicic: There have never been so many breast cancer surgeries in history

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While there are fewer new Covid cases, the number of people suffering from other diseases is growing, that is, illnesses that Serbian citizens most often suffer from are coming to the fore. The director of the Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Danica Grujicic, said there had never been so many surgeries for breast cancer on women as in the first three months of this year, while the number of those sick with the disease is such that some patients have to wait.

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Professor Dr. Danica Grujicic, director of the Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, told RTS that the Institute has been working all the time.

"We have returned to full capacity in terms of the number of outpatient examinations and hospitalizations," said Grujicic and added that never have so many women have been operated on for breast cancer as in the first three months of this year.

Grujicic announced new equipment for the Institute - accelerators, modern magnetic resonance devices and modern scanners.

"We will have enough devices, patients will not have to go anywhere else to get diagnostics," Grujicic stressed and added that because to the renovation of the building and installation of the devices, patients will have to wait until August to get examined using them.

However, she says that the mammography ward will work all the time.

Grujicic cited the example of a study that shows that in 2025, radiation therapy will be needed for 40,000 patients.

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"I have a habit of saying - we will all be patients one day. It's important that we have the conditions for treatment. The number of patients exceeded the Institute. Everyone is working beyond their physical capabilities," said the doctor.

Grujicic asked the state to provide a new building that will located within the Clinical Center, because with this large volume of patients, that is necessary.

"New devices are used in three shifts and are not five, but 15 years old. Particle radiation is the future and that needs to be worked on. If it's done properly, it can serve for the next 200 years," Grujicic stressed.

(Telegraf.rs)