Kazakhstan has achieved notable progress in cancer care over the past five years, with cancer mortality decreasing by 20 per cent. This was reported by the country’s Ministry of Health, according to Kazinform, a partner of TV BRICS.
It is noted that these results were achieved thanks to the implementation of a comprehensive plan to combat cancer. The key indicator was a reduction in mortality to 61 cases per 100,000 population. The rate of early cancer detections exceeded 33 per cent. Improved diagnostic quality has led to the identification of more than 42,000 new cancer cases in 2025, 7.8 per cent above the five-year average.
More than 55 per cent of the 246,000 patients currently under medical supervision are of working age. The proportion of patients living five years or more after diagnosis increased to 63 per cent.
To achieve these goals, US$60.5 million was allocated to the oncology services. Healthcare infrastructure has been modernised: six new linear accelerators have been introduced, and the coverage of patients receiving radiotherapy has reached 61 per cent. Two new centres with modern high-precision diagnostic methods have been opened in Kyzylorda and Aktau, while a network of 19 endoscopy expert centres for the early gastrointestinal cancer detection has been created. Access to targeted and immuno-oncology medicines has also expanded.
Cancer screening programmes are now available to the entire uninsured population, and mobile medical units operate in remote areas. From 2026, a pilot lung cancer screening project using low-dose computed tomography and artificial intelligence technologies is planned.
Kazakhstan is also actively adopting international experience by cooperating with leading oncology centres in China, Russia, and Central Asian countries. Training and internships abroad have been completed by a total of 35 specialists from Kazakhstan.
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