PMID: 22359889Mar 1, 2012Paper

Epidemiological characteristics of thyroid cancer in Dalmatia, Croatia

Acta Medica Croatica : C̆asopis Hravatske Akademije Medicinskih Znanosti
Nikola Kolja PoljakRosanda Mulić

Abstract

To determine epidemiological characteristics of thyroid carcinoma in Dalmatia, and to compare the incidence rate in Dalmatia with that in Croatia. Retrospective epidemiological study. Epidemiological indicators of thyroid carcinoma were compared between Dalmatia and Croatia as a whole, while some epidemiological indicators were compared with the characteristics of persons suffering from thyroid carcinoma in Croatia. The study included 651 persons suffering from and/or operated for thyroid carcinoma in Dalmatia between 1997 and 2006. Data were obtained from case histories, including the results of histopathologic analysis. The area of Dalmatia includes Zadar, Sibenik-Knin, Split-Dalmatia and Dubrovnik-Neretva counties (overall 861,060 inhabitants, surface 11,960 square kilometers). The incidence of thyroid carcinoma in Dalmatia ranged from 5.2 (1997) to 10.2 per 100,000 inhabitants (2006). The mean age adjusted incidence rate of thyroid cancer in the last 10 years was 8.1 in Croatia and 9.32 per 100,000 inhabitants in Dalmatia. All incidence rates observed (Europe and world-age standardized rates, crude incidence, incidence based on research) showed a rising trend and were significantly higher in Dalmatia than in Croatia. Accord...Continue Reading

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