YEREVAN, APRIL 12, ARMENPRESS. The Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Armenia (under the R.H. Yolyan Hematology Center) plans to launch new services in 2023 which will be of “important significance” for the entire country, Professor Gevorg Tamamyan, the Head of Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Armenia, Chairman and Professor at Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology of Yerevan State Medical University, CEO of the Immune Oncology Research Institute told ARMENPRESS.

“The first center will be opened this month, the Center of Cancer Survivors, which will be a meeting point for all children who’ve completed treatment. They will continue to be monitored in this specialized center and will receive both medical and psychological-social assistance,” Tamamyan said.

The Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Clinic will also be opened this year. It is under development with support from the Children’s Health Foundation. The Youth and Adolescent Oncology Project is also in progress. Tamamyan described this program as “unprecedented” for Armenia and noted that even many developed countries don’t have such programs.

The Children’s Immunology Clinic will also be opened in 2023.

Leading researchers and doctors from around the world will gather in Yerevan, Armenia on May 19-21 for the SIOP (International Society for Pediatric Oncology) Asia XV Annual Congress.

Nelly Margaryan