This descriptive epidemiological study aimed to analyse the mortality trends from gynaecological cancer in Serbia. Average annual percentage of change (AAPC) and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed for trend using joinpoint regression analysis. Nearly 25,000 gynaecological cancer deaths occurred in Serbia during the 1991-2010 period, with the average annual age-standa...

The aim of this study was to analyse changes in cancer mortality in Lithuania from 1978 to 2005. Materials and methods. Age-standardised mortality (World standard) rates were calculated for all the malignant neoplasms as well as for stomach, colorectal, lung, prostate, breast and cervical cancers. A joinpoint regression methodology was used to provide estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs)...

background: cancer is a major public health problem in the world. in iran especially after a transition to a dynamic and urban community, the pattern of cancer has changed significantly. an important change occurred regarding the incidence of cancer at the southern shores of the caspian sea, including gilan, mazandaran and golestan province. this study was designed it investigate the epidemiolo...

Methods We analyzed the National Inpatient Sample (NIS), one of the largest publicly-available in-patient dataset in United States (U.S.), which represents a 20% stratified random sample of discharges from all hospitals. The NIS is drawn from all States participating in Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, and thus represents 95 percent of the U.S. population. Patients with melanoma and ren...

9058 Background: Past studies of medulloblastoma (MB) present conflicting claims about declines and rises in MB incidence, possibly due to misclassification. By using a strict classification of the disease and a rigorous analysis of a data registry, we aimed to determine the incidence trends of MB over the last three decades. METHODS 441 MB patients diagnosed between 1985 and 2002 were identi...

AIM To describe and interpret lung cancer incidence and mortality trends in Croatia between 1988 and 2008. METHODS Incidence data on lung cancer for the period 1988-2008 were obtained from the Croatian National Cancer Registry, while mortality data were obtained from the World Health Organization mortality database. Population estimates for Croatia were obtained from the Population Division o...