Author/Editor		Primic-Žakelj, Maja; Zadnik, Vesna; Žagar, Tina
Title		Epidemiološki podatki o raku materničnega vratu v Sloveniji
Translated title		Epidemiologic data on cancer of the cervix uteri in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		In: Takač I, editor. Mednarodni znanstveni simpozij 50 let Laboratorija za ginekološko citologijo v Mariboru; 2005 jun 17; Maribor. Maribor: Splošna bolnišnica Maribor,
Publication year		2005
Volume		str. 151-60
Language		slo
Abstract		In 2002, the uterine cervix was the sixth most frequent cancer site in females. In young women aged 20-34, however, it was the leading cancer site. The incidence rate of cervical cancer (CC) started to increase in the nineties, so the organised screening program ZORA was introduced. The epidemiology of CC in the 1990-2003 period is presented, based on data from the Cancer Registry of Slovenia. In the nineties, the CC incidence rate increased from 15.9/100,000 in 1990 (164 new cases) to 23, 6/100,000 (241 new cases) in 1997, from 1998-2001 it was about 20/100,000, since then the trend decreased, also in the 35-44 years age group. Among the histological groups, squamous cell carcinoma showed the highest increase while a slight increase in other histological groups can be ascribed to a decrease in the unspecified group. The percentage of adenocarcinomas increased principally among the youngest. The percentage of localised disease increased throughout the observed period; in the age group of 20-34 it reached 85 % in 2001-2003. In the last period only in this age group more than half were diagnosed as FIGO stage IA, while in others stage IB prevailed. The epidemiologic data on CC show the effect of the organised screening program ZORA, but the incidence is expected to increase further in those regions where more women who have not been screened for several years will attend the preventive examination.
Descriptors		CERVIX NEOPLASMS NEOPLASM STAGING CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA INCIDENCE AGE FACTORS SLOVENIA