Survival of cancer patients in Poland.

Data on survivals that were obtained from population-based cancer registries and representing different subpopulations in Poland, i.e., the City of Warsaw and the Warsaw Rural Areas (WRA), are presented.

Epidemiological evaluation of the efficiency of treatment of pre-invasive cervical cancer in Warsaw, 1969-1988.

An analysis of 2,281 cases of pre-invasive cervical cancer registered in Warsaw Cancer Registry during the years 1969-1988, showed that the rate of cervical cancers detected at the pre-invasive stage declined from 46.8% in 1970, to 26.8% in 1988.

Epidemiology of cancer in Poland.

Poland is a Central European country with the population of over 38 million. Its system of cancer control is organized in a three-level oncological network. The number of cancer cases diagnosed each year is about 100,000 and over 70,000 die of cancer every year.

Striking differences in the epidemiological picture of breast cancer in urban and rural areas in Poland.

Poland is a European country of medium female breast cancer risk but a steady, mean incidence growth of 3.5% per year makes this cancer the most frequent malignancy and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among the women of the 1980s. Our analysis is based on data collected by the Warsaw Cancer Registry in the years 1963-1987.

Changes in the incidence and survivals of ovarian cancer in Poland.

The incidence and mortality trends, as well as survivals, are presented according to the Warsaw Cancer Registry data concerning 4,112 ovarian cancer cases registered in the years 1963-1988, in two populations, the urban of Warsaw City and the rural of the Warsaw Rural Areas (WRA). The standardized incidence rate in Warsaw in 1988 was 13.44/100,000 and it has not changed significantly in relation to the 1963 figure, but statistical significance characterized the increase of incidence in WRA population and the general population of Poland.