HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOR DIFFERENT CANCER-DIAGNOSIS - A COMPARISON BETWEEN 2 EUROPEAN LANDSCAPES

Cancer frequency has been studied in a Department of Crete and a Depar tment of Sweden, using in-patient data collected in the Departmental H ospitals, for a two-year period. The results of the study suggest that similar trends exist in the prevalence of different forms of cancer b etween the two areas studied, as well as some significant differences. The differences observed concern mainly the frequency of cancers of t he lung, prostate, bladder and large bowel among men and breast and la rge bowel among women. These findings could to a great extent be expla ined by life-style and environmental differences between the two areas and are consistent with data concerning the cancer mortality in the t wo countries.