[Primary disability from malignant neoplasms of the female population of Khmel'nik Province (1971-1973)]

The primary invalidism caused by malignant tumors has been studied statistically in the female population of the Khmel'nitsk Province, the Ukraine (1971-1973). The female population has been found to prevail over the male one among the mentioned category of invalids. Breast and genital cancer is the principal factor responsible for incapacity of young and mostly capable for work age group of women. At the same time, a high index of the population invalidism from malignant tumors in the Khmel'nitsk Province is reduced, whereas the incidence rate of this lesion is increased, to some extent it may be due to the well organized treatment and prophylactic measures with a wide application of antitumor therapy.