[A hospital cancer registry. Breast cancer, 1977]. / Registro hospitalario de cáncer. Cáncer de mama, 1977.

The clinical histories of the patients studied in the National Institute of Oncology in 1977 were reviewed in relation to breast cancer in women, that was found in 52.5% of them. 50% were comprised between 40 and 60 years of age, 68.3% were diagnosed within the first year after the presentation of clinical symptoms. 30.6% of the patients had a localized tumor, while all the others showed regional lymph node involvement and/or distant metastases. Malignancy was confirmed histologically in 90 per 100 of the cases; 41.5% were carcinomas, 27.9% corresponding to the infiltrating duct carcinoma type. Therapy could be applied to 80% of the patients with a curative purpose, while in 20% was only palliative. Including those women with previous treatments in other medical centers before coming to the National Institute of Oncology, the treatment applied was surgery in 90%, radiotherapy in 60% and chemotherapy in 20% of the cases. Five-year survival was 43% (28% clinically free of disease, and 15% with symptoms of disease).

[The hospital cancer registry. A study of the cases registered in 1977]. / Registro hospitalario de cáncer. Estudio de los casos registrados en 1977.

The authors describe the results of the hospital registry of tumors made at the National Institute of Oncology in Madrid, following the rules given by the cancer specialists of the World Health Organization. The studied cases correspond to the cancer patients that were seen during the year 1977 for the first time.

[Comprehensive cancer centers]. / Centros monográficos del cáncer.

The authors reason about the convenience of the creation of Comprehensive Cancer Centers, following the experience of the International Union Against Cancer and the policy of the French Hospitals Network. They describe the characteristics of oncological centers in Spain, making proposals for their improvement.