Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 53 No. 4, 2009.
Pregledni rad
Trends in epidemiology of childhood cancer
Aleksandra Bonevski
; Klinika za dječje bolesti Zagreb
Ljubica Rajić
Jasminka Stepan
Melita Nakić
Gordana Jakovljević
Milan Rimac
Ranka Femenić
Ernest Bilić
Josip Konja
Sažetak
Childhood cancers account for only 1% of all cancers and differ from adult cancers by the tumor origin, localization, presentation and prognosis. Tumor incidence depends on age, gender, and many other factors, and epidemiological rate trends depend on new diagnostic methods, new tumor classification, and database quality in cancer registries. The 5-year survival rate has become impressive, up to 40% in a 30 year period, and the mortality rate is cca 2.6% annualy. The incidence rate is slowly decreasing from 0.8% annually to 0.4%. What the connection is between the risk factors, especcialy the environmental ones, and tumor development, is still a question for new research and studies.
Ključne riječi
Descriptors: NEOPLASMS – epidemiology; mortality; ethiology; pathology
Hrčak ID:
48223
URI
Datum izdavanja:
17.12.2009.
Posjeta: 906 *