Gender problems of oncology in Belarus

Title: Gender problems of oncology in Belarus

Author: Antipova S.I., Antipov V.V., Shebeko N.G.

Reference: Медицинские новости. – 2013. – №3.

Keywords: cancer, oncologic morbidity, mortality, lethality.

Abstract: The data of Belarusian cancer register on the morbidity of malignant tumors were summarized. There was shown the frequency of polyneoplasias. There was given a statistical and analytical picture of male and female oncology in Belarus; there is a tendency of age-specific cancer morbidity in men and women during 1999–2003 and 2006–2010. In Belarus the increase of morbidity takes place due to high cancer morbidity in the older age group and due to aging of population. Over the past 10 years there was observed the decrease of mortality in patients with cancer and the increase of contingents. It is possible to speak about oncomorphosis over the past decades. The highest morbidity is observed in the Gomel and Mogilev regions.

URL: http://www.mednovosti.by/journal.aspx?article=5512