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Long-term analysis of occurrence of malignant lip, oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer in Poland
Affiliations- Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Management and Logistics in Health Care, Medical University in Lodz, Poland
- Department of Drug Management, National Health Fund, Warsaw, Poland
- UHE Satellite Campus in Warsaw, University of Humanities and Economics in Lodz, Poland
- Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
- JASPERS (Joint Assistance to Support Projects in European Regions), Warsaw, Poland
- Clinical Oncology Unit, Clinic of Oncologic Surgery and Breast Cancer, Polish Mother’s Memorial Hospital – Research Institute, Lodz, Poland
- Department of Prevention of Environmental Hazards and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Healthcare Services, National Health Fund, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract
Introduction. The aim of our study was to analyze the number and structure of patients diagnosed and treated due to cancers of lips, mouth and throat in Poland between 2008 and 2015.
Material and methods. Secondary statistical analysis of data obtained from the Polish National Cancer Registry (KRN) and Polish National Health Fund (NFZ), concerning patients diagnosed for the first time between 2008 and 2015.
Results. Based on the available data, in total there were 30 800 new cases of cancers in population of Poland, and 29 800 people starting their treatment financed from the National Health Fund.
Discussion. Cancers of the discussed locations, considered individually, are often rare diseases, with the incidence counted in hundreds of people per year in the entire Polish population. Due to the etiology and course, however, they should be analyzed together, which means that they become a significant group.
Conclusions. In recent years, the annual incidence of these tumours was about 4000 cases, 70% of them were men. There is an approximately 10% difference in the number of registered cases of these cancers in NFZ databases. The creation of a medical register, including administrative, epidemiological and clinical data, would significantly improve the observation of the population of patients with these tumours.
Abstract
Introduction. The aim of our study was to analyze the number and structure of patients diagnosed and treated due to cancers of lips, mouth and throat in Poland between 2008 and 2015.
Material and methods. Secondary statistical analysis of data obtained from the Polish National Cancer Registry (KRN) and Polish National Health Fund (NFZ), concerning patients diagnosed for the first time between 2008 and 2015.
Results. Based on the available data, in total there were 30 800 new cases of cancers in population of Poland, and 29 800 people starting their treatment financed from the National Health Fund.
Discussion. Cancers of the discussed locations, considered individually, are often rare diseases, with the incidence counted in hundreds of people per year in the entire Polish population. Due to the etiology and course, however, they should be analyzed together, which means that they become a significant group.
Conclusions. In recent years, the annual incidence of these tumours was about 4000 cases, 70% of them were men. There is an approximately 10% difference in the number of registered cases of these cancers in NFZ databases. The creation of a medical register, including administrative, epidemiological and clinical data, would significantly improve the observation of the population of patients with these tumours.
Keywords
lip neoplasms; mouth neoplasms; pharyngeal neoplasms
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Long-term analysis of occurrence of malignant lip, oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer in Poland
Journal
Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology
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Article type
Research paper (original)
Pages
157-162
Published online
2019-12-31
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Nowotwory. Journal of Oncology 2019;69(5-6):157-162.
Keywords
lip neoplasms
mouth neoplasms
pharyngeal neoplasms
Authors
Wojciech Pinkas
Melania Brzozowska
Waldemar Wierzba
Marcin Świerkowski
Adam Kozierkiewicz
Michał Marczak
Ewa Kalinka
Mariusz Gujski
Andrzej Śliwczyński