04.01.2023
The article by Armenian specialists is the most reviewed in the “Frontiers in Oncology”

The article "Overview of Cancer Control in Armenia and Policy Implications" by YSMU specialists, which was published in 2022 in the famous scientific journal "Frontiers in Oncology" (impact factor 5.7), was recognized as the most reviewed of the year.

The main authors of the article are Karen Bedirian, Head of programs of the Research Institute of Immuno-oncology, and Samvel Bardakhchyan, Scientific Director of the same Institute.

Among the co-authors of the article are Armen Muradyan, YSMU Rector; Samvel Danielyan, director of the “Hematology Center named after Prof. R.H.Yolyan”; Tigran Aghabekyan, YSMU clinical resident; Arianna Mesrobyan, volunteer of the Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center; Shant Shekherdimyan, a pediatric surgeon at the University of California (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM), Advisor to the RA Minister of Health; Davit Zohrabyan, YSMU lecturer, Head of the Adult Chemotherapy Clinic of the “Hematology Center named after Prof. R.H.Yolyan”; Liana Safaryan, YSMU lecturer, Head of the Chemotherapy Department of the “Hematology Center named after Prof. R.H.Yolyan”; Lilit Sargsyan, lecturer of YSMU Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Head of the Pediatric Oncology Department of the Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center; Armen Avagyan, lecturer of YSMU Department of Oncology; Lilit Harutyunyan, lecturer of the same Department, Head of the Oncology Clinic of the "Mikayelyan" Institute of Surgery; Astghik Voskanyan, Head of the Adult Blood Disorders Center of the “Hematology Center named after Prof. R.H.Yolyan”; Artashes Tadevosyan, Head of the YSMU Department of Public Health and Health Care; Davit Melik-Nubaryan, Senior Lecturer of the same Department, Head of the Department of Organization of Clinical Works; Parandzem Khachatryan, Head of YSMU Department of Clinical Pathology; Tatul Saghatelyan and Mher Kostanyan, Professors of the Oncology Department; Hovhannes Vardevanyan, Head of Radiology Department of Armenian-American Health Center and "Wigmore Clinic" Medical Center; Marine Hovhannisyan, Dean of YSMU Faculty of Public Health; Tamara Sargsyan, Head of the Department of Medical Genetics, Head of the Center for Medical Genetics and Primary Health Care, ARICE Project Expert; Karine Sargsyan, YSMU Honorary Doctor, President of the European, Middle East and African Union for Biopreservation and Biobanking (ESBB), Founder and Head of the Biobank of the University of Graz in Austria, ARICE Project Expert, WHO Expert; Davit Babikyan, lecturer of YSMU Department of Medical Genetics, ARICE Project Expert; Armen Tananyan, Head of YSMU Oncology Department; Gevorg Tamamyan, Head of the Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Head of the Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center.

See the full article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.782581/full.