Colorectal cancer has been occurring more and more frequently in recent years. From 1950 to 1964, 188 patients were operated on in our clinic with various localizations of colorectal cancer (except rectum), and 149 patients over the last six years, which indicates not only improved diagnostics and increased interest in this form of cancer from our side, but also an absolute increase in colorectal cancer.

In the laboratory of proctology with clinic of the RSFSR in 1960-1969, 350 single-stage combined extirpations of rectum with imposition of single iliac anus on sigma, which is 54% of all radical operations in the clinic during these years were carried out. 150 patients underwent typical Kenyu-Miles surgery and 200 patients underwent simultaneous rectal extirpation.

The material for this work was the data on 490 women with stage I, II and III breast cancer, who were operated on radically in different Saratov hospitals during 13 years (from 1952 to 1964) and afterwards were admitted to Saratov municipal oncologic dispensary. We selected only patients with primary breast cancer whose diagnosis was confirmed by histological examination. The patients were followed up for 5 years.

We studied the fractional composition of serum proteins in patients with rectal cancer. We were interested in the deviation of protein metabolism from the norm observed before surgery and immediately after surgery (on the operating table). Patients were examined on the operating table before and after the operation, on the 1-2-3-5-7th postoperative days. Total protein was determined refractometrically, serum protein fractions by electrophoresis on Flin and Meio paper.

At the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery from 1961 to 1970, 34 patients (14 men and 20 women aged 9 to 67 years) with recurrent nephrolithiasis were observed. 15 patients were initially operated on in other medical institutions and 19 - in the Institute of Surgery. Nine patients had solitary recurrent stones, 10 had multiple stones, 15 had coral stones, 16 had right-sided stones, 7 had left-sided stones and 11 had bilateral stones.