[Ways to improve the early detection of bladder cancer patients (based on Grodno Province data)]

The authors present an analysis of the data on 281 primarily recognized patients with cancer of the urinary bladder in Grodno Province 1968--1974. Among all these patients 49.5% were recognized 1 year and longer following the initial clinical manifestations of the disease. In every fifth case there was a far-advanced process. The causes of late recognition are as follows: underestimation of a tainsiet hematuria by patients, and in a number of cases the absence of oncological vigilance among general practitioners in the treatment of patients showing hematuria. To improve the early diagnosis of the bladder cancer, it is suggested to differentiate cancer high-risk groups. This contingent should be periodically examined by a specialist with prophylactic purposes. Moreover, an attention is paid to the necessity of a detailed urological examination of all persons with hematuria, or who showed it previously.