title: [The onco-epidemiologic situation in the Republic of Belarus].
abstract: The onco-epidemiologic situation in the Republic of Belarus over a 36-year period has been evaluated. An increase in the age-specific and age-adjusted cancer incidence rates is a clear indicator of an actual rise in morbidity. It is unrelated to aging and most probably depends on a number of environmental factors. Due to the similarity of the incidence patterns for a number of sites, it was suggested that a single or several factors might be responsible for neoplastic development. Distinct changes in malignant tumor incidence made it correlated with certain environmental changes and new approaches to primary tumor prevention were developed.
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Zalutskiĭ
authors.forename: Iu I
authors.initials: IuI
authors.lastname: Averkin
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Artemova
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Mashevskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012042:Registries; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors