REGIONAL TRENDS IN THE SPREAD OF BREAST CANCER

Abstract

Objective. Stdy objective is to assess effectiveness of the breast cancer diagnostic in Kabarovsk territory. Methods. Statistical analysis of morbidity was carried out, and prognosis was made based on the data of official medical documentation of Regional Clinical Centre of Oncology, Khabarovsk. Results. The level of regional morbidity corresponded to the average of Russian one. During 2003-2015 the absolute number of patients increased by 22.9 %, this diagnosis was determined to 6548 patients, and the level of case detection during the planned preventive examination increased from 13.4 % in 2003 to 36.9 % in 2015. About 1/3 of patients has the cancer of III-IV stage. Conclusions. The steady trend of increasing the incidence of breast cancer over the period from 2003 to 2015, the presence of unresolved problems within the prognosis, gives grounds to expect an increase in the incidence of breast cancer in the foreseeable time period, which is explained by the integrating effect of a complex of various factors. There is a trend towards an increase in the frequency of diagnosis of breast cancer at the I-II stage, but progress here is rather slow due to the lack of a mammo-graphic screening system in the Khabarovsk territory.