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1. Kidney Cancer in Croatia – Trends in Incidence and Mortality in the 21st Century

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Mario Šekerija, Maša Alfirević, Petra Čukelj, Ivana Brkić Biloš, and Tomislav Kuliš

Subjects
Kidney cancer, Incidence, Mortality, Joinpoint regression, Croatia, Medicine
Abstract

Kidney cancer is estimated to be responsible for more than 400 000 new cancer cases and 180 000 cancer deaths a year. Its incidence is increasing in the majority of developed countries, due to an increased prevalence of recognized risk factors such as smoking, alcohol use and obesity, as well as incidental findings on unrelated diagnostic imaging procedures. Mortality is decreasing in the majority of European countries, due to improvements in treatment and stage at diagnosis shift with more tumors being diagnosed at an early stage. In this paper, we present kidney cancer incidence and mortality trends in Croatia using joinpoint regression analysis. The incidence was rising throughout the 2001-2019 period, with an annual percent change (APC) of 2.5%; more so in men (APC of 2.5%) than in women (APC of 2.2%). Mortality increased during the 2001-2014 period (APC of 2.4%), but started to decrease in recent years (APC -2.7%, 2014-2020). Unlike sex differences observed in other European countries, with more favorable mortality trends found in women, our study showed a constant increase in mortality in women (APC of 1.2%) and a recent decrease in mortality in men, starting in 2013 (APC of -2.8%), after a period of increase from 2001 (APC of 3.3%).

Published
2023
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2. Anxiety and Depression as Comorbidities of Multiple Sclerosis

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Filip, Mustač, Hanna, Pašić, Filip, Medić, Borna, Bjedov, Luka, Vujević, Maša, Alfirević, Branka, Vidrih, Katarina Ivana, Tudor, and Marija, Bošnjak Pašić

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Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Multiple Sclerosis, Depression, Humans, Pituitary-Adrenal System, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders
Abstract

Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a chronic inflammatory neurodegenerative disease, is accompanied by a number of comorbidities. Among the psychiatric ones, depression and anxiety occupy a special place. It is estimated that the prevalence of anxiety in the MS population is 22.1% verus 13% in the general population; whereas the prevalence of anxiety levels, as determined by various questionnaires, reaches even 34.2%. Systematic literature reviews (SPL) show considerable data variations due to differences in study design, sample size, diagnostic criteria and extremely high heterogeneity (I

Published
2021

3. 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

Subjects
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.

Published
2019

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