[Problems of monitoring malignant neoplasms of the central nervous system in the Siberian Federal District and ways to solve them].

Background: Incidence and recording of neuro-oncological tumors comprise an important problem in the world and In Russia including the Siberian federal district.

Objective: To analyze the incidence of malignant tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) (C70-72) in the Siberian federal district and appropriate constituent territories.

Material And Methods: Analysis of standardized indicators was based on form No.

[Survival of breast cancer patients in the Republic of Buryatia].

There was studied population-based survival of 1689 breast cancer patients in the Republic of Buryatia whose had been di- agnosed in 2007-2013 on the basis of cancer registry database. There was performed an estimation and analysis of observed adjusted and relative survival. The higher stage of the disease and older age of women at the diagnosis the lower rates of 1- and 5-year survival.

[Renal cancer in the Primorye Territory. Risk factors].

The epidemiological study in Vladivostok and Primorye Territory in period 1999 to 2013 was performed. In the structure of cancer incidence at the evaluated areas, renal cancer occupies fifth place among male population (5.7 and 5.

Frequency of EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer patients: screening data from West Siberia.

Background: Incorporation of molecular analysis of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene into routine clinical practice has shown great promise to provide personalized therapy of the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the developed world. However, the genetic testing of EGFR mutations has not yet become routine clinical practice in territories remote from the central regions of Russia. Therefore, we aimed to study the frequency of major types of activating mutations of the EGFR gene in NSCLC patients residing in West Siberia.

[Cancer incidence in the Altai Republic].

From all regions of the Siberian Federal District (SFD), the Altai Republic is the least urbanized territory, more than third of its population is Altai. The Altai Republic ranks the 11th for cancer incidence among 12 territories of SFD. Cancer incidence rate is 1.