[Malignant neoplasms among ethnic groups in the Kazakh SSR].

The author has analysed the incidence of 40 nosological forms of malignant neoplasms among 4 conventionally selected ethnic groups of the Kazakh USSR population, the latter was found to differ from other ethnic groups by a rather high incidence of esophageal cancer. Also, malignant tumors of the stomach, liver, and biliary tract, the lung and bones are not infrequently observed amont the Kazakh population. The representatives of other nationalities inhabiting the Kazakh republic most often develop along with lung and gastric cancer also malignant tumors of the lip, bowel, uranary bladder, skin, mammary gland and female genitalia.