Volume 25, Issue 114, August 2021

Epidemiological estimation incidence and mortality from cancer of the larynx in Ukraine and Europe

Mazur Olha¹, Plaksyvyi Oleksandr¹, Chornenka Zhanetta^2♦, Biduchak Anzhela²

¹Department of Pediatric Surgery and Otolaryngology, Bukovinian State Medical University, Ukraine
²Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Bukovynian State Medical University, Ukraine

^♦Corresponding author
Аssociate professor of the department of Social Medicine and Public Health of Bukovynian State Medical University, Ukraine

ABSTRACT

Background: Cancer incidence among the world's population has a steady upward trend. Malignant tumours of the larynx are the most frequent in the structure of oncological morbidity of otolaryngological organs and occupy a leading position. Smoking and alcohol are the major behavioural risk factors. In 95% of cases of laryngeal cancer, tumours are squamous. Methods: Using statistical and medico-epidemiological methods, the analysis of the database of the National Cancer Registry of Ukraine for 2010-2020 and information on "Notification of a patient with a first-time diagnosis of cancer or other malignant neoplasm" (form № 090 / r). Results: The dynamics of incidence and mortality from laryngeal cancer by sex and age in Ukraine and Europe region in the period 2010-2020 was analyzed. Conclusion: The incidence and mortality rate of laryngeal cancer among men has been declining since the late 1990s, while for women, these rates remain virtually unchanged.

Keywords: laryngeal cancer, incidence, mortality, epidemiology

Medical Science, 2021, 25(114), 1963-1970

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