Pleural mesothelioma incidence in Europe: evidence of some deceleration in the increasing trends.

Objective: To summarize the geographical and temporal variations in incidence of pleural mesothelioma in Europe, using the extensive data available from European general cancer registries, and consider these in light of recent trends in asbestos extraction, use and import in European countries.

Material And Methods: The data were extracted from the European Cancer Incidence and Mortality database (EUROCIM). The inclusion criteria was acceptance in Volume VII of Cancer Incidence in Five Continents.

[Development of epidemiologic indicators in the diagnosis and therapy of pulmonary cancer in the Czech Republic 1970-1999].

Background: Lung cancer (LC) remains serious medical and social problem. In US it represents the most frequent cause of malignancy-related deaths both in males and females. In Czech Republic about 6000 persons acquires LC each year.

[Trends in epidemiologic indicators of lung cancer in the Czech Republic 1970-1990].

Background: Lung cancer is the malignant tumour with the highest mortality in the Czech Republic as well as in highly developed countries of the world. The objective of the present study in an account on the incidence, diagnosis, treatment and mortality in the Czech Republic, at the Pneumological Clinic and the population in the district.

Methods And Results: The incidence and mortality rate from lung cancer increased during the past twenty years in men by 12% and declined by 2% resp.