1. Epidemiology of cancer in Croatia – recent insights and international comparisons
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Maša Alfirević, Mario Šekerija, Uršula Fabijanić, Nada Rajačić, and Nataša Antoljak
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Croatia ,cancer registry ,incidence ,mortality ,survival ,GLOBOCAN ,ECIS ,Hrvatska ,registar za rak ,incidencija ,mortalitet ,preživljenje ,Oncology ,Croatia, cancer registry, incidence, mortality, survival, GLOBOCAN, ECIS ,business.industry ,Environmental health ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Epidemiology of cancer ,International comparisons ,Medicine ,business ,Cancer registry - Abstract
Cancer is a major public health issue worldwide. It is very important to have high-quality epidemiological data to plan the measures in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, to benchmark in comparison to other countries and to assess trends for particular cancer sites. This paper presents the basic epidemiology indicators for Croatia, explains the concepts surrounding the data collection and analytical procedures for essential epidemiological parameters and presents the most recent data, estimates and comparisons in the advent of the first Croatian National Cancer Plan., Rak je veliki javnozdravstveni problem na cijelom svijetu. Iznimno je važno imati kvalitetne epidemiološke podatke kako bismo mogli planirati mjere primarne, sekundarne i tercijarne prevencije, usporediti se s drugim državama i procijeniti trendove za pojedina sijela raka. Ovaj članak opisuje osnovne epidemiološke indikatore za Hrvatsku, razjašnjava načine prikupljanja podataka i analitičkih procedura za te indikatore te iznosi najnovije podatke, procjene i usporedbe u osvit prvog hrvatskog Nacionalnog plana za borbu protiv raka.
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- 2019