ANALYSIS OF DEATHS AMONG CANCER PATIENTS IN MILITARY PERSONNEL

Cancer mortality statistics are the main source of data for assessing the extent and changes in the structure of cancer diseases over time and geographical areas. The main statistical indicators that indicate the causes of the prevalence of malignant neoplasms are the indicators of morbidity and mortality. But these numbers vary depending on gender, age, and the type of malignant disease itself. The purpose of this study was to study the complications and direct causes of death in patients suffering from malignant neoplasms, taking into account gender and age. In the structure of oncological diseases in the older age group, men are dominated by lung cancer (age varied from 60-65 years), less often by melanoma (age was 55-60 years), tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (older than 70 years), and malignant neoplasms of the liver (60-65 years). Ovarian cancer is the leading cancer pathology in women aged 55-60 years. The main causes of death in cancer are intoxication, cachexia, and extensive metastasis, which leads to multiple organ failure. However, the localization of a growing tumor determines the features of clinical manifestations and deadly complications. In particular, in lung cancer with tumor invasion of major blood vessels causing pulmonary hemorrhage, thromboembolism, obstructive asphyxia. Melanoma of the skin due to rapid growth of the tumor, wide-spread metastasis to vital organs leads to multi-organ failure. Colon carcinoma is often complicated by intestinal obstruction and bleeding. Ovarian damage is accompanied by implantation metastasis of the peritoneal and pelvic organs with the development of peritonitis. In liver cancer, the collapse of the tumor is accompanied by bleeding, the development of peritonitis, encephalopathy.

oncological diseases, tumors, cancer, fatal outcome, mortality, intoxication, cachexia