Lung cancer trends in Vojvodina.

PURPOSE

Lung cancer in Vojvodina is the leading form of cancer as well as the leading cause of cancer deaths in men. It ranks 2nd in cancer deaths in women in Vojvodina. The goal of this report was to study lung cancer in Vojvodina in th period 1989-1998 by analysing the crude and age-standardized incidence and mortality rates in the male and female population.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Data used for analyses were provided by the Cancer Registry of Vojvodina from the Institute of Oncology Sremska Kamenica. Data included number of cases and deaths of lung cancer, by age groups in 5 year intervals and by the municipalities for male and female population separately. Descriptive epidemiological method was used.

RESULTS

An increasing tendency of linear trend of lung cancer incidence in males based on crude and age-standardized incidence rates was found. The trend of lung cancer incidence in males was highly intense and extremely unfavorable. In females, an increasing tendency of linear trend of lung cancer incidence based on crude and age-standardized incidence rates was also found; this was not as intense but it was unfavorable. An increasing tendency of linear trend of lung cancer mortality based on crude and age-standardized mortality rates in both sexes was registered, which was not intense, but it was unfavorable.

CONCLUSION

Vojvodina is a region with high incidence and mortality rates in comparison to neighboring and European Union (EU) countries both in male and female population.