Cancer incidence of digestive system in Ukraine after the Chernobyl accident

Summary. The analysis of incidence level in Ukraine in 1976–2010 showed that digestive cancer incidence of Ukrainian population has steadily increasing tendency with higher growth rates in the contaminated with radiation oblasts. Increment rate of colon cancer incidence in 1986–2010 in all contaminated oblasts, except for Kyivska, was higher than in whole Ukraine, this fact determines priorities of anti-cancer activity in Ukraine.