More about the First All-Union Congress of Oncologists in Kharkiv

A crowded congress (about 1000 participants) in the large building of the communication club was opened with a big speech by the People's Commissar of Health T. Kantorovich, who dwelt in detail on the tasks of healthcare in the reconstruction period, noting the importance that the reorganization of the personnel training system, the creation of medical and sanitary workshops in production and the organization of anti-cancer control on all fronts is now acquiring. The problem of a single dispensary is a class problem and should be linked to the structure of the leading branches of our economy. It is necessary to study the social pathology and prevalence of cancer, especially among industrial workers and collective farmers, and to develop health prevention for those types of cancer whose pathogenesis has been studied, such as, for example, occupational cancer. Wherever possible, oncological institutes or dispensaries should be established with accurate patient records and well-established diagnostics and therapy.