EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CANCER: THE MAIN RESULTS OF THE STUDIES CARRIED OUT IN R.E. KAVETSKY INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY, ONCOLOGY AND RADIOBIOLOGY, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE

Guslitser L.N.

The risk factors of the most prevalent forms and localizations of malignant tumors in Ukrainian population have been identified on the basis of the oncoepidemiological studies of R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology covering the last thirty years of the 20^th century. The main tasks in the field of primary prevention of cancer have been delineated.