Armenia may become leading oncology medicine center in the region
13.02.2010 14:39 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The National Competitiveness Fund of Armenia Board
of Trustees held a meeting from 13 to 14 February in Yerevan under the
chairmanship of Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan. As Bekor
Papazyan , NCFA Executive Director told a briefing at the Government
of Armenia, a project aimed at oncology medicine development in
Armenia is under preparation now. "Preliminary calculations have been
made: the acquisition of the cyclotron will require about 11 million
euros, and the entire sphere of oncology of Armenia, will require
35-40 million euros of investments, including acquisition of
equipment, personnel and buildings maintenance,’ he said .

Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with tumors (cancer). A
medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist.

Cyclotron cyclic accelerator nonrelativistic heavy charged particles
(protons, ions), in which the particles move in a constant and uniform
magnetic field, and high-frequency electric of unchanged frequency is
used to accelerate them.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress