Head of the Department of Skin and Soft Tissue Tumors of the MCSC named after A. S. Loginov, MD, prof. K. S. Titov in an interview with the newspaper "Vechernyaya Moskva" spoke about the types of oncological diseases that are most common in young people, and also gave recommendations for the prevention of cancer in children and adolescents.
"In general, malignant tumors are a disease of the elderly and senile age. For young people, these are rare forms of diseases. The longer a person lives, the more likely they are to "live to see their cancer". Poor ecology, smoking, hormonal disorders, viruses-concomitant factors of cancer. They contribute to the emergence of mutations and the formation of uncontrolled cell colonies, " K. S. Titov explained.
