[Results of a 5-year screening for prostatic cancer]. / Itogi 5-letnego skrininga raka predstatel'noi zhelezy.

The results of 5-year screening (1996-2000) for prostatic cancer in 1129 males 40 to 80 years of age are presented. The examination included: measurement of blood levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), finger rectal examination, transrectal ultrasonic examination (TRUE) and, on demand, biopsy of the prostatic gland. Prostatic cancer was diagnosed in 1.5, 2.2 and 16% patients having PSA levels of 0-4.0, 4.0-10.0 and 10.0-30.0% ng/ml, respectively. At finger rectal examination prostatic cancer was suspected in 8% examinees, only in 33% of them the diagnosis was verified morphologically. By TRUE evidence 7% examinees were suspected and in 44.3% of them prostatic cancer was confirmed. Thus, biopsy proved necessary in 172 cases of 1129 examinees. In 64 (5.7%) males prostatic cancer was diagnosed and confirmed. Early prostatic cancer in the screened men and those consulted in the outpatient department of the National Cancer Research Center was detected in 77.7 and 22% men, respectively. The conclusion is made that men over 50 years of age should undergo prophylactic examination of the prostatic gland once a year.

[An analysis of preliminary results in screening for prostatic cancer]. / Analiz predvaritel'nykh rezul'tatov skrininga raka predstatel'noi zhelezy.

450 males aged over 50 years free of urological symptoms were screened for prostatic cancer using three techniques; finger rectal examination (FRE), transrectal ultrasound investigation (TUI), assay for prostatic specific antigen in the serum (SPSA). SPSA quantities under 4 ng/ml, 4-10 ng/ml, 10-20 ng/ml, over 20 ng/ml were registered in 206(45.8%), 135(30%), 69(15.4%) and 40(8.8%) patients, respectively. Detectability of prostatic cancer increases by 33,37.9, 45.5, 69.2% due to TUI, FRE, TUI + FRE, all the three methods, respectively. Prostatic biopsy was needed in 102 (22.7%) cases. From the 450 examinees, prostatic cancer was diagnosed in 25 (5.6%). SPSA was high in all of them, higher than 10 ng/ml in 92%. 20 (80%) of 25 patients with cancer had early stages of the disease (TI-2). The study is going on.

[The use of the results of current instrumental methods of cardiological examination in the sociomedical expert assessment of patients with rheumatic heart defects]. / Primenenie rezul'tatov sovremennykh instrumental'nykh metodov kardiologicheskogo obsledovaniia pri mediko-sotsial'noi ékspertize bol'nykh s revmaticheskimi porokami serdtsa.

Altogether 103 patients with rheumatic heart disease were examined within different times after prosthetics of heart valves (mitral or aortal). The purpose was to elaborate the principles of applying the data of instrumental methods of cardiological examination to the improvement of disability criteria. The examination included echocardiography, tetrapolar chest rheography and ECG exercise test. The data allowed one to estimate myocardial reserves and to specify the intensity of functional disorders of the cardiovascular system. The expert medical conclusions on the working ability were revised in 47 patients, bearing in mind the data obtained. Before the examination 70 patients (68%) were considered to completely lose the working ability. However, after the examination their number dropped to 34 (33%), whereas the number of persons able to work rose from 5 to 12%.

[Participation of Soviet oncologists in international cooperation]. / Uchastie sovetskikh onkologov v mezhdunarodnom sotrudnichestve.

The Soviet specialists take an active part in the international cooperation on different aspects of experimental and clinical oncology. This cooperation is carried out with socialist countries (in the framework of CMEA), with capitalist countries (the USA, France, Italy, England, Sweden) and in the frame of international anti-cancer organization (Cancer Unit of the World Health Organization, International Union against Cancer, International Agency for Research of Cancer).