Incidence of lymphomas in Poland. The national register data for 2006.
In Poland, data on the incidence and mortality associated with malignancies are collected by the National Cancer Register (NCR). The Register is based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), which does not allow for assessing the incidence of lymphatic neoplasms classified according to the WHO classification system enforced since 2001. Under the National Program of Combating Neoplastic Diseases that focuses on detection and diagnosing malignant lymphomas in Poland in order to record and precisely classify lymphatic neoplasms, in 2006, the Haematopathological Section of the Polish Society of Pathologists, acting in collaboration with the Polish Lymphoma Study Group, initiated a nationwide register of lymphatic malignancies, a continuation of the Register of Lymphomas for the Province of Małopolska. The register not only renders epidemiological data more specific, but also allows for a comprehensive quality control.
Gałazka
Krystyna
K
Department of Clinical and Experimental Pathomorphology, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków.
Szpor
Joanna
J
Maryniak
Renata
R
Olszewski
Włodzimierz
W
Mioduszewska
Olga
O
Stachura
Jerzy
J
D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries