Lung cancer in the Skopje region

Abstract

Goal: Report of the five year analysis of patients treated in the hospital of the Skopje region with malignant neoplasms of the bronchus and lungs. Material and operation method: Individual reports for hospital treated persons (Form No 3-21-61A) with clinical diagnosis (C34.0 - C34.9) according to MKB – 10 Revision. With the statistical operation method of the data base, it has been processed 9140 reports of the hospital patients from 2004 to 2008. Results: In the period from 2004 to 2008 in the hospital of the Skopje region, from the total number of the treated patients, 2,02% had clinical diagnosis lung cancer. In relation to the gender structure, 82.9% were men and 17.1% women. The most frequent age structure are the patients between 50 and 59 years with 39,5%. Treated patients at the age of 60-69 years are represented with 33,3%. The five-year analysis shows that 85,1% are patients with clinical diagnosis of lung cancer at the age of 50-79 years. According to MKB 10 Revision the localization are according to code C34.9 represented with 73,9%, and with the code C34.1 or the malignant upper lobe lung is represented with 11,8% Conclusion: In 2008, the number of patients with clinical diagnosis: malignant bronchus and lung were increased for three times compared to 2004. The male patients, almost 5 times more frequently get ill with malignant tumors of the bronchus and lungs compared to female patients. The most common localizations were diagnosed in patients with the following clinical diagnoses: malignant upper lobe lung, then the malignant main bronchus, malignant lower and middle lobe.