<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_raon-2017-0008_s_333_w2aab3b8c58b1b7b1aab1c17b1Aa"><h3>Background</h3><p>The aim of our study was to describe cancer burden and time trends of all cancers combined, the most frequent as well as the rare cancers in Slovenia.</p></sec><sec id="j_raon-2017-0008_s_334_w2aab3b8c58b1b7b1aab1c17b2Aa"><h3>Patients and methods</h3><p>The principal data source was the population-based Cancer Registry of Republic of Slovenia. The cancer burden is presented by incidence and prevalence for the period 1950–2013 and by mortality for years 1985–2013. The time trends were characterized in terms of an average annual percent change estimated by the log-linear joinpoint regression. The Dyba-Hakulinen method was used for estimation of incidence in 2016 and the projections of cancer incidence for the year 2025 were calculated applying the Globocan projection software.</p></sec><sec id="j_raon-2017-0008_s_335_w2aab3b8c58b1b7b1aab1c17b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>In recent years, near 14,000 Slovenes were diagnosed with cancer per year and just over 6,000 died; more than 94,000 people who were ever diagnosed with cancer are currently living among us. The total burden of cancer is dominated by five most common cancer sites: skin (non-melanoma), colon and rectum, lung, breast and prostate, together representing almost 60% of all new cancer cases. On average the incidence of common cancers in Slovenia is increasing for 3.0% per year in last decade, but the incidence of rare cancers is stable.</p></sec><sec id="j_raon-2017-0008_s_336_w2aab3b8c58b1b7b1aab1c17b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Because cancer occurs more among the elderly, and additionally more numerous post-war generation is entering this age group, it is expected that the burden of this disease will be growing further, even if the level of risk factors remains the same as today.</p></sec></abstract>

BackgroundThe aim of our study was to describe cancer burden and time trends of all cancers combined, the most frequent as well as the rare cancers in Slovenia.Patients and methodsThe principal data source was the population-based Cancer Registry of Republic of Slovenia. The cancer burden is presented by incidence and prevalence for the period 1950–2013 and by mortality for years 1985–2013. The time trends were characterized in terms of an average annual percent change estimated by the log-linear joinpoint regression. The Dyba-Hakulinen method was used for estimation of incidence in 2016 and the projections of cancer incidence for the year 2025 were calculated applying the Globocan projection software.ResultsIn recent years, near 14,000 Slovenes were diagnosed with cancer per year and just over 6,000 died; more than 94,000 people who were ever diagnosed with cancer are currently living among us. The total burden of cancer is dominated by five most common cancer sites: skin (non-melanoma), colon and rectum, lung, breast and prostate, together representing almost 60% of all new cancer cases. On average the incidence of common cancers in Slovenia is increasing for 3.0% per year in last decade, but the incidence of rare cancers is stable.ConclusionsBecause cancer occurs more among the elderly, and additionally more numerous post-war generation is entering this age group, it is expected that the burden of this disease will be growing further, even if the level of risk factors remains the same as today.

Cancer burden in slovenia with the time trends analysis

Radiology and Oncology

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BackgroundThe aim of our study was to describe cancer burden and time trends of all cancers combined, the most frequent as well as the rare cancers in...

Cancer burden in slovenia with the time trends analysis

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Feb 22, 2017

Page range: 47 - 55

Received: Jan 06, 2017

Accepted: Jan 14, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2017-0008

Keywords
cancer burden, cancer incidence, time trend, Cancer Registry of Republic of Slovenia

© 2017 Vesna Zadnik, Maja Primic Zakelj, Katarina Lokar, Katja Jarm, Urska Ivanus, Tina Zagar

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Cancer burden in slovenia with the time trends analysis

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Feb 22, 2017

Page range: 47 - 55

Received: Jan 06, 2017

Accepted: Jan 14, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2017-0008

Keywordscancer burden, cancer incidence, time trend, Cancer Registry of Republic of Slovenia

© 2017 Vesna Zadnik, Maja Primic Zakelj, Katarina Lokar, Katja Jarm, Urska Ivanus, Tina Zagar

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
cancer burden, cancer incidence, time trend, Cancer Registry of Republic of Slovenia