CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER ACCORDING TO THE DATA OF THE POPULATION CANCER REGISTRY

The article presents the material of the population cancer registry of the Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary concerning patients with prostate cancer diagnosed in the period from 2007 to 2016. The distribution of pathology according to age and area is shown. The structure of newly diagnosed prostate cancer (hereinafter referred to as prostate cancer) was analyzed for stages, methods of detection, and reasons for neglect. Within the past 10 years, Samara region has registered an increasing incidence in the number of newly diagnosed prostate cancer, most of cases are revealed in city dwellers. Performed anti-cancer measures are aimed at the early diagnosis and decrease in development of advanced cases. Nevertheless, the main cause of neglect are defects in the healthcare delivery to patients with prostate cancer.