[The current stage in the trends and control of the principle cancer sites]

Nowadays, cancer is responsible of one of ten deaths in the world and one of seven deaths in Romania. Its main present sites are: stomach, lungs, breast, colon/rectum, uterine cervix, mouth and pharynx, esophagus and liver. The three ways of prevention (primary, secondary and tertiary) vary in effectiveness according to the possibilities of identifying the risk factors, early detection and therapeutical means.