ABSTRACT
A critical analysis of prophylactic medical examination of population was conducted for detecting early oncological pathology. Methodological approaches in the practice of selecting persons with pretumorous diseases were examined. Great emphasis was put on the necessity of ascertaining the rates of accelerating functional changes as the most characteristic and accessible sign of tissue change from normal into pathological. A diagram-inset for the case histories of ambulatory patients to be included into prospective programme of prophylactic medical examination is suggested.
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Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis , Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis , Medical Oncology/methods , Precancerous Conditions/diagnosis , Uterine Neoplasms/diagnosis , Adult , Breast Neoplasms/economics , Cost-Benefit Analysis , Asia, Eastern , Female , Gastrointestinal Neoplasms/economics , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/economics , Male , Medical Oncology/economics , Precancerous Conditions/economics , Siberia , Time Factors , Uterine Neoplasms/economicsSubject(s)
Duodenum/surgery , Esophagus/surgery , Gastrectomy/methods , Stomach Neoplasms/surgery , Adult , Aged , Esophagitis/etiology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Postoperative ComplicationsSubject(s)
Thyroid Neoplasms/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , RussiaSubject(s)
Rectal Neoplasms/epidemiology , Sigmoid Neoplasms/epidemiology , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Humans , Middle Aged , Siberia , USSRABSTRACT
Among 5,400 male patients with lung cancer examined at Oncological Dispensaries of Moscow and Khabarovsk in 1967-1982, 37 men (0.7%) had never smoked. The latter group was characterized by prevalent incidence of glandular form of cancer and a relatively high percentage of old and middle-aged patients. No difference in the localization, clinical picture, operability and resectability of tumor was established between male smokers with lung cancer and non-smokers.