The terms and concepts for a standards base for an oncological service. I. The prevention and diagnosis of malignant neoplasms

: Establishing norms in an oncological service setting and of medico-technological standards for delivering oncological care to the population of Ukraine presupposes a uniform notion-terminological apparatus to be devised. The article presents current interpretation of the meaning of most widely used, leading traditional and newly coined terms and notions common in practical oncology, that subdivision of its dealing with prophylaxis and diagnosis of malignant tumors, for broad sections of medical workers who were not specially trained in the field.