Cancer Incidence in a Population Living Near Radioactive Waste Storage of Uranium Mining in Stepnogorsk Area, Northern Kazakhstan.

Objective: This study evaluates the impact of radioactive uranium waste storage facilities on cancer occurrence in nearby areas.

Methods: Current research evaluates the effect of radioactive uranium waste storage facilities on cancer epidemiology in nearby areas. The critical area had Aqsu, Kvartsitka, Zavodskoy and Stepnogorsk cities, which are located at a less than 5 km distance to the south of the Hydrometallurgical Plant tailings dump while the control group had Akkol region in 90 km from the source.

Bilateral Dolichoarteriopathies of the Internal Carotid Artery: Surgical Treatment and Results.

The approach to surgical treatment of symptomatic bilateral dolichoarteriopathies of the internal carotid artery (DICA) remains an unresolved problem today. The aim of this article is to compare the methods of reconstruction of the stage-by-stage surgical treatment of bilateral DICA, depending on the type of deformity. The study included 30 patients with clinical manifestations of cerebrovascular insufficiency (CVI), who were found to have hemodynamically significant bilateral DICA.