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Major goals and principles of stage-by-stage diagnosis of malignant tumors are formulated. Application of different diagnostic procedures carried out at the preoperative (pre-treatment), intraoperative and postoperative stages of clinical treatment are discussed.
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Neoplasms/diagnosis , Biopsy , Cytodiagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential , Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical , Endoscopy , Humans , Laparoscopy , Lymphatic Metastasis , Methods , Neoplasm Invasiveness , Neoplasm Staging , Neoplasms/pathologySubject(s)
Medical Oncology/trends , Neoplasms/prevention & control , Humans , Neoplasms/therapy , Research , RussiaABSTRACT
The authors analyze results of the surgical treatment of pulmonary cancer for 35 years (1947-1981). Operations were fulfilled in 2269 patients, in 1869 of them the operations were radical. The resectability increased from 59,2% (1947-1959) to 92,4% (1973-1981). The postoperative lethality decreased from 15,1% to 7,0%, at the period of 1980-1981 it was 3,7%. The specific weight of preserving operations, lobectomies, resection and plasty of bronchi included, increased from 3,9% to 59,7%. The ways for further improvement of results of the surgical treatment of pulmonary cancer are shown.
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Lung Neoplasms/surgery , Pneumonectomy/methods , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/mortality , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , MoscowABSTRACT
The paper is concerned with the joint scientific studies conducted at the Institute and hospitals of the Russian Federative Republic in accordance with the Republic-sponsored complex program of research in neoplasms. The results of organization work obtained within the last 5 years, research and clinical data on some aspects of the problem are discussed. It is stressed that joint studies are of great importance for both speeding up the solution of research and practical problems and effective monitoring the integration of scientific achievements with practice to raise the standards of service offered by public health institutions. The results of studies on combined treatment of lung and breast cancer and diagnosis and therapy of cervical and endometrial carcinoma are evaluated.
