Incidence of breast cancer in Italy: Mastectomies and quadrantectomies performed between 2000 and 2005
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Journal ArticleDate
2009-08-10Author
Piscitelli, PSantoriello, A
Buonaguro, FM
Di Maio, M
Iolascon, G
Gimigliano, F
Marinelli, A
Distante, A
Serravezza, G
Sordi, E
Cagossi, K
Artioli, F
Santangelo, M
Fucito, A
Gimigliano, R
Brandi, ML
Crespi, M
Giordano, A
Subject
AdultAged
Breast Neoplasms
Databases, Factual
Female
Humans
Incidence
Italy
Mastectomy, Segmental
Mastectomy, Simple
Middle Aged
Time Factors
Young Adult
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10.1186/1756-9966-28-86Abstract
Objectives. We aimed to determine the incidence of women's breast cancer in Italy without using statistical approximations. Methods. We analyzed the national hospitalizations database at the Ministry of Health to calculate the number of major surgeries in Italian women (mastectomies and quadrantectomies) due to breast cancer between 2000 and 2005, overall and by age groups (<44, 4564, 6574 and 75 years old). Results. Over the six years examined, an overall number of 100,745 mastectomies and 168,147 quadrantectomies were performed. A total of 41,608 major surgeries due to breast cancer were performed in the year 2000 and this number rose to 47,200 in 2005, with a 13.4% increase over six years. Conclusion. by analyzing the hospitalizations database concerning major breast surgery, incidence of breast cancer in Italy was found to be 26.5% higher than the official estimations which have been computed using statistical models (namely 47,200 vs. 37,300 cases in year 2005). © 2009 Piscitelli et al.Citation to related work
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