title: [Method of medical history taking and control group recruitment in oncoepidemiological studies].
abstract: Some methodical aspects of using the questionnaire as one of the basic tests, employed in oncoepidemiological investigations, are analysed. Under discussion is the potentialities and limits of the questionnairing method; the rules and ways of the optimum application of the given test to obtain the most comprehensive and objective enough information are reported. Also, the principles and criteria of selecting control groups in oncoepidemiological investigations are considered. The factors and conditions which may cause significant differences between the control and "test" groups irrespective of the genesis of the affection under study are discussed. An analysis is made of a number of typical methodical errors in oncoepidemiological investigations.
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008495:Medical Oncology; D009031:Moscow; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012107:Research Design; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: O metode oprosa i kontrolia v onkoepidemiologicheskikh issledovaniiakh.