title: Large-scale screening of the population of early detection of malignant tumors in the USSR.
abstract: Some selected data on cancer statistics in the USSR and results of the nationwide cancer screening activities are presented. The usefullness of some new methods in prophylactic examination is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014586:USSR