Avtor/Urednik		Takač, Iztok
Naslov		Epidemiologija raka dojk in dejavniki tveganja
Prevedeni naslov		Epidemiology and risk factors of breast cancer
Tip		članek
Vir		Obz Zdrav Nege
Vol. in št.		Letnik 31, št. 5-6
Leto izdaje		1997
Obseg		str. 235-7
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		Epidemiologic characteristics and risk factors of breast cancer are presented. In developed countries, breast cancer are presented. In developed countries, breast cancer is the most frequent malignant disease in women. In most countries its incidence is constantly increasing. breast cancer mainly affects older women. The increasing morbidity among the younger population is a cause of concern. According to many factors, breast cancer is a hormone dependent disease. Some cancers are genetically conditioned. In some women cancer occurs more frequently. Some risk factors for breast cancer are known. The assessment of their role in disease development is difficult, because several risk factors are often presented simultaneously. In the majority of breast cancer patients we still can not find any of the risk factors known to us at the present time.
Izvleček		Prikazane so osnovne epidemiološke značilnosti raka dojk in dejavniki tveganja te bolezni. V razvitem svetu je rak dojk najpogostejše maligno obolenje žensk. V večini držav njegova incidenca stalno narašča. Za rakom dojk najpogosteje zbolevajo starejše ženske. Zaskrbljujoča je tudi vse večja pogostnost zbolevanja v manjšem starostnem obdobju. Številni dejavniki kažejo, da je rak dojk hormonsko odvisna bolezen. Nekatere vrste rakov so genetsko pogojene. Pri nekaterih skupinah žensk se rak pojavlja pogosteje. Znanih je nekaj dejavnikov, ki pogojujejo pogostejše pojavljanje te bolezni. Ocena njihove vloge pri nastanku bolezni je težka, saj imamo pogosto opraviti z delovanjem večjega števila dejavnikov tveganja hkrati. Pri večini bolnic, ki zbolijo za rakom dojk, pa zaenkrat ne uspemo ugotoviti nobenega od znanih dejavnikov tveganja za nastanek te bolezni.
Deskriptorji		BREAST NEOPLASMS RISK FACTORS