[Lung cancer in the elderly and middle-aged in Moscow and its surgical treatment].

Lung cancer morbidity in Moscow in recent years is discussed. Two-thirds of the patients were 60 years of age or older. Lung cancer operability in Moscow has remained relatively stable accounting for 10-15%.

[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.