Original scientific paper
Malignant Neoplasms of Breast and Female Genital Organs (C50, C51-C58) in the Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia
Josip Milas
orcid.org/0000-0001-6722-9289
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Senka Samardžić
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia
Krešimir Milas
; Ministry of Health, Zagreb
Abstract
Breast cancer (C50) and neoplasms of female genital organs (C51-C58) represent one of the most frequent cancer
groups among females in economically developed countries. The Institute of Public Health of the Osijek-Baranja County
in collaboration with different county institutes provide updated information on the cancer occurrence and trends in the
Osijek-Baranja County (OBC). The aim of this article is to provide information on the tendencies relating to these cancer
groups in the OBC during the period from 2001 to 2009, which will be the first report on these cancer sites on a county
level in Croatia. This article processes data on cancer incidence and mortality, appertaining age distribution, median
age, cancer survival and length of stay in the county hospitals collected in period 1996–2010. In the OBC, the overall incidence
rates of breast, cervix uteri, corpus uteri and ovary cancer were, using the EU standard population, 82.9, 13.0, 19.0
and 14.5/100,000, respectively, and are all characterized by a declining tendency in the second period except breast cancer.
The overall breast incidence rate resembles the Croatian average and way exceeds the corresponding Central and
Eastern Europe incidence rates, but is still bellow the Northern Europe ones. Also, the overall mortality rates of breast,
cervix uteri, corpus uteri and ovary cancer were 29.6, 5.0, 8.1 and 9.6/100,000, respectively, and are all featured by a increasing
tendency. The cancer 5-year relative survival rate from breast, cervix uteri, corpus uteri and ovary cancer in period
2001–2005 amounted to 64.2%, 66.1%, 57.4% and 43.0%, respectively. The overall median ages at diagnosis of
breast, cervix uteri, corpus uteri and ovary cancer totalled 61.9, 56.4, 66.4 and 60.8 years, respectively, while the median
ages at death from these cancers were 68.7, 65.7, 70.3 and 67.6 years, respectively. During the entire 9-year period, the average
length of stay in hospital due to breast, cervix uteri, corpus uteri and ovary cancer were 12.1, 14.8, 18.5 and 11.3
days, respectively. The length of stay in hospital decreased for all but for ovary cancer. Implementation and consolidation
of women’s awareness of these cancers and relating early diagnostic activities within the OBC population seem to be the
most effective ways to reduce the appertaining risks and thus to encourage changes in the lifestyle.
Keywords
cancer; age-standardized mortality rate; age-standardized incidence rate; 5-year relative survival rate; age distribution; breast cancer (C50); cervical cancer (C53); ovarian cancer (C56); endometrial cancer (C54); neoplasms of female genital organs; C51-C58; median age at diagnosis; median age at death; length of stay in hospital; Osijek- -Baranja County; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
147407
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Publication date:
26.12.2014.
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