title: [Trends in the incidence of major salivary gland cancer in Spain (1978-2002)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the trend in the incidence rates of major salivary gland cancer in population-based cancer registries in Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  The following Spanish cancer registries with a minimum follow-up period of 10 years were selected: Albacete, Asturias, Granada, Murcia, Navarre, Tarragona and Zaragoza. Adjusted incidence rates were calculated. Joinpoint software was utilized to calculate change estimations in incidence rates for the period 1991-2001.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Joinpoint analysis revealed a statistically significant decreasing trend with an annual percent change of -5.3% (95% CI: -8.7 to -1.8).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of major salivary gland cancers in Spain was low and a decreasing trend was identified between 1991 and 2001.
authors: Departamento de Microbiología, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Zaragoza, España. dysouz@yahoo.com.br
authors: Dyego Leandro Bezerra
authors: DL
authors: de Souza
authors: María Milagros
authors: MM
authors: Bernal
authors: Maria Paula
authors: MP
authors: Curado
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors