[Clinicopathological experiences in oncologic diseases]

Authors on the base of the study of clinical history and autopsy protocols of 260 patients died in 1974 in the Institute of Oncology of Hungary from oncological diseases established, that the proportion of decised younger 30 years and the number of those older 70 years increased in comparison with 1964. In the autopsy material the most frequent were tumours of the lymphoid-myeloid system, then followed the frequency of the tumours of the breast and urogenital tract, the least frequent were the tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. Number of the primary multiplex tumours during the last 10 years increased from 1,5 per cent to 5,5 per cent. In 23,5 per cent of the cases medica negligence or that of the patient itself could be proved. The clinical and the pathological diagnosis did not correlate in 35,9 per cent of the cases studied. The most common unrecognized complication was pneumonia. Surgical treatment appeared to be most effective in cases of the cancer of the breast. The average age of the patients suriving for a longer period after the operation was 62,8 years, which seems to evidence, that prognosis of oncological diseases in older ages is better than in younger. In comparison with the data in 1964 number of cases with five year surviving increased by 3,7 per cent. This was striking first of all in cases of lymphoid-myeloid tumours.