[Organization of an oncological service and oncological research in Italy]. / Ob organizatsii onkologicheskoi sluzhby i onkologicheskikh issledovanii v Italii.

The data on the organization of oncological researches and anticancer combat in Italy are reported. The main cancer research centers--National Cancer Institute (Milan), the Regina Elene Institute (Rome) and the Paskal Fund Tumor Institute (Naples) are described. A brief survey of the activities of Italian Anticancer League as well as of the largest specialized oncological hospitals and anticancer centers is given. The author concludes that oncological research in Italy is being conducted but, within such scope, which fails to meet the requirements of medical science and practice in the country. The allocations for oncological investigations cover only some part of cancer research programs.

[Certain problems of the organization of oncological studies and anti-cancer campaign in Great Britain]. / Nekotorye voprosy organizatsii onkologicheskikh issledovanii i protivorakovoi bor'by v Velikobritanii.

The characteristics of the principal institutions representing oncological service in Great Britain are given. The role of the state official organs in the organization of oncological service among the population and cancer researches is discussed. The governmental control of most research institutions in the country makes it possible to coordinate the researches under way within the range of the unique scientific programme.