title: [Epidemiology of skin tumors of the face and neck (ORL region) treated surgically from 1981 to 1990].
abstract: This paper reviews basic epidemiologic characteristics of 1549 changes located on face, neck and lips and surgically treated at the ORL Department of the General hospital in Subotica during the period 1981-1990. We analyzed the following parameters: frequency of certain diseases, their distribution according to the studied period of time, sex and age distribution, place of living, interaction between malignant and benign tumors as well as eventual influence of some meteorologic factors in regard to the previous 10-year period. It has been established that malignant tumors, precancerous and benign tumors make up 70% of surgically treated patients. There has been no statistically significant difference between sexes or according to the place of living. Most patients are in the eighth decade. It has been established that there is a slight trend of increase in regard to the number of operated patients in some studied years both in malignant and benign tumors, but there seems to be no connection between the number of surgically treated patients and analyzed meteorologic factors.
authors.affiliation: Odeljenje za bolesti uva, nosa i grla, Opsta bolnica, Zdravstveni centar, Subotica.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sente
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sente
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rakić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Berkes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology