[Analysis of the data from the Szabolcs-Szatmár County 1983-1987 leukemia/lymphoma registry]

In Szabolcs-Szatmár county between January 1 1983 and December 31, 1987, 465 new cases of adult malignant haematologic diseases were registered by authors. The authors present the yearly distribution of cases, and analyse the main types and characteristics of the disease entity. According to their data the epidemiology of leukaemia/lymphoma in their county is equivalent to that of European and North American, therefore that may be considered as a standard for their whole country. Their work is date-collecting, it is still going on. Authors want to have more exact informations about epidemiology of leukaemia/lymphoma in their county. Their results have great importance in organizing and continuous assuring of modern treatment of haematologic malignancies. Their data would probably allow to make etiopathogenetic and therapeutic conclusions in a few years.