Ostalo
Cancer epidemiology in Central and South Eastern European countries
Eduard Vrdoljak
; Center of Oncology, University Hospital Split, Split, Croatia
Marek Z Wojtukiewicz
; Department of Oncology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
Tadeusz Pienkowski
; Clinic of Breast Cancer and Reconstructive Surgery of the Center for Oncology – Maria Curie Memorial Cancer Institute in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Gyorgy Bodoky
; St.László Teaching Hospital, Department of Clinical Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
Peter Berzinec
; National Oncology Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia
Jindrich Finek
; University Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Vladimir Todorović
; Oncology Clinic, Clinical Center of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
Nenad Borojević
; Institute for Oncology and Radiology Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Adina Croitoru
; Clinical Institute Fundeni Oncology Department, Bucharest, Romania
Sažetak
Aim To collect cancer epidemiology data in South Eastern
European countries as a basis for potential comparison of
their performance in cancer care.
Methods The South Eastern European Research Oncology
Group (SEEROG) collected and analyzed epidemiological
data on incidence and mortality that reflect cancer management
in 8 countries – Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary,
Romania, Poland, Slovakia, and Serbia and Montenegro
in the last 20-40 years.
Results The most common cancer type in men in all countries
was lung cancer, followed by colorectal and prostate
cancer, with the exception of the Czech Republic, where
prostate cancer and colorectal cancer were more common.
The most frequent cancer in women was breast cancer
followed by colorectal cancer, with the exceptions of
Romania and Central Serbia where cervical cancer was the
second most common. Cancer mortality data from the last
20-40 years revealed two different patterns in men. In Romania
and in Serbia and Montenegro, there was a trend
toward an increase, while in the other countries mortality
was declining, after increasing for a number of years. In
women, a steady decline was observed over many years
in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia, while in the
other countries it remained unchanged.
Conclusions There are striking variations in the risk of different
cancers by geographic area. Most of the international
variation is due to exposure to known or suspected
risk factors which provides a clear challenge to prevention.
There are some differences in incidence and mortality that
cannot be explained by exposure to known risk factors or
treatment availabilities.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
71465
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.8.2011.
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