Data di Pubblicazione:
2005
Citazione:
Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Sardinia (Italy) from 1980 to 1996 / Pirina, Pietro; Ostera, S.; Santoru, L.; Ginesu, Giorgio Carlo; Fois, Alessandro Giuseppe; Deiola, G.; Sardu, M. V.; Padua, G.; Ginesu, F.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE. - ISSN 1027-3719. - 9 (6):6(2005), pp. 622-626.
Abstract:
SETTING: Bronchial carcinoma is the most common cause of death among all malignant tumours. Despite a progressive increase, many Italian regions - ours included - do not have a Regional Cancer Registry.
OBJECTIVE: To assess lung cancer incidence and mortality rates in Sardinia during the period 1980-1996.
METHODS: Data were gathered by consulting hospital registers and the case notes of individual patients released from hospital with a diagnosis of bronchial carcinoma at all Sardinian medical centres between 1980 and 1996.
RESULTS: A total of 7734 patients with lung cancer were registered in Sardinia between 1980 and 1996. Data showed a steady increase in lung cancer incidence rates over the years (from 22.3/100000 in 1980 to 34.5 in 1996). The same increase was evident in mortality rates (from 25.7/100000 in 1980 to 42.9 in 1996). The increase In mortality rates was higher in women (+146%) than in men (+59.5%).
CONCLUSIONS: Results show a slow but steady increase in lung cancer incidence and mortality rates in Sardinia. The high number of smokers among lung cancer patients seems to indicate that anti-smoking campaigns need to be more effective in Sardinia.
OBJECTIVE: To assess lung cancer incidence and mortality rates in Sardinia during the period 1980-1996.
METHODS: Data were gathered by consulting hospital registers and the case notes of individual patients released from hospital with a diagnosis of bronchial carcinoma at all Sardinian medical centres between 1980 and 1996.
RESULTS: A total of 7734 patients with lung cancer were registered in Sardinia between 1980 and 1996. Data showed a steady increase in lung cancer incidence rates over the years (from 22.3/100000 in 1980 to 34.5 in 1996). The same increase was evident in mortality rates (from 25.7/100000 in 1980 to 42.9 in 1996). The increase In mortality rates was higher in women (+146%) than in men (+59.5%).
CONCLUSIONS: Results show a slow but steady increase in lung cancer incidence and mortality rates in Sardinia. The high number of smokers among lung cancer patients seems to indicate that anti-smoking campaigns need to be more effective in Sardinia.
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1.1 Articolo in rivista
Elenco autori:
Pirina, Pietro; Ostera, S.; Santoru, L.; Ginesu, Giorgio Carlo; Fois, Alessandro Giuseppe; Deiola, G.; Sardu, M. V.; Padua, G.; Ginesu, F.
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