[Active thermography in the diagnosis of breast cancer].

Three procedures of active thermography were used in examination of 1301 patients with stage I-III breast tumors. The evaluation of their diagnostic effectiveness established their evident advantages over any method of passive thermography. Application of active procedures increased diagnostic accuracy by 9-15% and decreased the number of false negative results by 4-10%.

[Combination electroanesthesia in oncological patients during surgery and in the early postoperative period].

Pelan and Elnar type electric stimulators were used to produce analgesia in 178 cancer patients in the course of surgery and in early postoperative period. The results of a complex study using rhythmography, acid-base balance, blood-sugar level, arterial and central venous pressure measurements and psychophysiologic examination with the Neuron type installation showed that joint application of electric stimulation and local anesthesia as well as the use of electric stimulation in combination with intravenous injection of hydroxybutyric acid, seduxen and ketalar provide adequate intraoperative anesthesia in 85% of cases. Postoperative application of electroanesthesia in cancer patients was followed by a significantly lower requirement of narcotic analgetics.

[Cancer morbidity of the large intestine and its prognosis in the Moldavian SSR].

Colorectal cancer ranks fifth in general cancer morbidity in the Moldavian SSR and second among digestive tumors. Within 1970-1979, the morbidity rate for rectal cancer increased 2.2-fold (from 3.

[Organization and efficacy of cytological examinations in the mass screening of women in the Moldavian SSR].

The paper discusses a five-year experience of the work done by Centralized Cytologic Laboratories of the Republic in mass screenings for cancer of the uterine cervix. Organization and effectiveness of mass cytologic examinations are discussed. Certain measures aimed at improvement in procedures of detection of precancerous lesions and early cancer of the uterine cervix are suggested.

[Groups at high risk for stomach cancer morbidity and the effectiveness of dispensary care].

The paper presents the results of the 10-year follow-up of 1,237 patients at high risk for stomach cancer. Among them, 669 patients suffered from chronic gastric ulcer, 78--polyps, 382--chronic gastritis and 108 underwent resection of the stomach more than 10 years ago. Repeated gastroscopic examinations, including biopsy, carried out within the last two years, revealed malignancies in 405 cases (32,7%): chronic ulcers--10.

[Multi-diagnosis of pigmented skin neoplasms].

A complex examination by radio-isotope (32P) and thermographic methods was carried out in 252 patients, 122 patients underwent surgery. The complex diagnostic study established the following three groups: test-positive, test-negative and test-suspected patients. Application of the complex (radioisotope and thermographic) examination technique provides a more adequate visualization of tumor process and, therefore, a better opportunity for selection of correct treatment.

[Assessment of the danger of bronchological studies under polyclinic conditions].

In 176 ambulatory patients with cancer and inflammatory diseases of the lung the initial parameters of acid-base balance and blood gases were studied. Metabolic acidosis was found in 29.5%, alkalosis--in 54.

[Prognosis of lung cancer mortality in the Moldavian SSR].

Lung cancer morbidity in MSSR is analysed on the basis of statistical data for 1966-1972. The rate of lung cancer incidence is found to be higher than in cancer of the stomach. As a result of extrapolation of average tendencies in the morbidity and mortality of main cancer localizations, it was found that provided the observed tendencies are remained, lung cancer will occupy the first place in the structure of oncological morbidity (to 1976--1977) and mortality (to 1979--1980).