[The risk of the occurrence of polyps and diverticulosis of the large intestine in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome].

A significant correlation between development of colonic polyps and long-lasting irritable colon syndrome was established. However, within the time interval studied (13-15 years), polyps which were mostly true adenomas did not turn malignant.

[Peculiarities of colonic cancer metastasis to the ovaries and the role of prophylactic ovariectomy].

Colonic tumor dissemination to the ovaries was registered in 3%. The likelihood of such dissemination in locally-advanced cancer of the sigmoid colon was higher which in turn supports the hypothesis on colonic tumor dissemination to the ovary via transperitoneal implantation. The patients' condition improved and survival increased following excision of involved ovaries both during and at different stages after radical surgery.

[Trends in the distribution of stomach cancer and cancer of the large intestine among the population].

An inverse correlation in stomach and large bowel cancer distribution was established as a result of an evaluation of cancer morbidity statistics for the City of Moscow in 1965-1980. The structure of gastrointestinal neoplasms in the next five years is likely to undergo changes in female population in which large bowel cancer is leading at present.