[Epidemiology and malignant tumours (author's transl)].
Epidemiology is considered as an important tool in the assessment of data to predict the work load of hospitals and the public health service. These prospective measurements can best be made on the basis of the regional cancer registers which comprise all cancer patients in the whole population. A second aim of epidemiology is the incrimination and description of carcinogenic factors in the environment and risk factors based on the mode of life of the population. Results on pollution of the environment with carcinogenic substances industrial hazards from carcinogenic substances and also possible mechanisms of exogenously-caused carcinogenesis are discussed. A further important need lies in the calculation of the prognosis of various malignant diseases and staging for clinical purposes. This is, furthermore, the basis for the evaluation of therapeutic management and the evaluation of the effectiveness of methods used to improve early diagnosis. Further aims are the estimation of an increase or decrease in incidence rates of various cancer types in comparison with previous survey periods, from which important prognoses as regards future cancer incidence rates can be drawn.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001317:Austria; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States
Fortschritte der Medizin in Einzeldarstellungen, LXXIX.