Specialized care provided to patients with rectal cancer in Kyiv city

The major trends in the rectal cancer incidence, detectability, morbidity, and mortality in Kyiv city as well as the state of medical care organization for cancer patients based on the statistical data of Kyiv City Clinical Oncology Center were analyzed. Despite the decrease in morbidity (‒6.3%) and mortality (‒8.1%), the cohort of rectal cancer patients in Kyiv city is increasing (+18.2%). At the same time, one-year mortality (27.0% in 2017), the detection rate at preventive check-ups, the detection rates at the early (I-II) stages are decreasing and at late-stage (IV) are rising (from 14.9% in 2011 to 17.6% in 2017). The above indicates the need for improving the organization of medical care of cancer patients and early diagnostics of rectal cancer.