[Risk factors in the development of hemoblastoses in the population of the Tomsk Region].

The Tomsk Region belongs to the areas of Siberia and the Far East which show a higher risk for hemoblastoses in the population. Chronic leukemia are prevalent in the structure of oncohematologic morbidity in the Tomsk Region as compared with other areas of Siberia and the Far East. There is a relationship of technogenic environmental pollution to the incidence of some nosological entities of hemoblastoses in the Region. Measures for environmental improvement are gaining in significant importance in the cancer-combating system.