22. 04. 10. - Cervical cancer - Information for women
Cancro del collo dell'utero - Informazioni per le donne
1. State of affairs in Croatia
In 2001 Croatia had the population of 4.4 million people, including 2.3 million women. Cervical cancer is the eighth most common cancer type among women in Croatia and it is estimated that out of 350 women diagnosed, 100 die every year.
(Znaor A, Babić D, Čorušić A, Grce M, Mahovlić V, Pajtler M, Šerman A. Prijedlog ranog otkrivanja raka vrata maternice u Hrvatskoj, Liječnički Vjesnik, 2007 – Proposal for Early Detection of Cervical Cancer in Croatia, Croatian Medical Journal 2007)
Having said that, the incidence of cervical cancer in Croatia decreased from 26 to 14/100,000 between the years 1970 and 2004. This trend can be attributed to cervical screening programme being implemented in Croatia since 1953, when the first laboratory for gynaecologic cytology (Pajtler M, et al., 2007) was founded in Zagreb. However, if we compare Croatian statistics with the ones in European countries with organized screening programmes, there is still plenty of room for improvement.
