Thyroid cancer incidence and mortality trends in Croatia 1988-2010.

The aim of our study was to describe and interpret national trends in thyroid cancer in Croatian men and women during the 1988-2010 period, to better understand the incidence and mortality trends in comparison with other populations, and to determine the proportion of certain histologic subtypes of thyroid cancer and their impact on these trends. Using information from the Croatian National Cancer Registry and WHO Mortality Database, we estimated trends in the age-standardized incidence and mortality rates by joinpoint regression analysis. Thyroid cancer incidence increased in both women and men during the study period, with the estimated annual percent change (EAPC) of 6.

Incidence and mortality trends of head and neck cancer in Croatia in the period 1988-2008.

Conclusion: Head and neck cancer (HNC) incidence and mortality trends in men displayed a significant downward trend in Croatia during the study period. No significant changes of incidence and mortality trends were observed in women. Decreasing trends observed in men are similar to other European countries.

Lifestyle habits and the risk of head and neck cancer in Zagreb region.

In 2002, International Agency for Research on Cancer launched a multicentric case-control study of head and neck cancer in 15 centres in 11 European countries, Croatia included. The Alcohol-related Cancers and Genetic Susceptibility in Europe (ARCAGE) study database with approximately 2500 case-control pairs is currently the largest head and neck cancer patients database in Europe. The aim of the present study was to estimate the risk of smoking and alcohol consumption in head and neck cancer patients from Zagreb region recruited in scope of the ARCAGE study.