title: Epidemiological characteristics of malignant ovarian tumors in Vojvodina.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ovarian cancer ranks 6th in relation to new cases of malignant diseases among females and 2nd concerning gynecological cancers. The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiological situation of ovarian cancer in Vojvodina, Serbia.
  
  
  METHODS
  In our study, we used a descriptive epidemiological method for the analysis of incidence and mortality of ovarian cancer in Vojvodina, based on the data of the Cancer Registry of Vojvodina.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the period 1987-2006, the average incidence rate of ovarian cancer was 15.28%/100,000 with an average annual increase of 1.15%; the average mortality rate for the same period was 9.24/100,000 with an average annual increase of 0.95%. The values of crude incidence rate (15.28/100,000) and standardized incidence rate (range 7.47 - 12.55/100,000) in Vojvodina correspond to the values in eastern and southern Europe.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the observed period of 20 years, the incidence and mortality rate indicate a tendency for increase, which can be characterized as an unfavorable epidemiological situation. New markers are being studied in order to find a solution for ovarian cancer screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia. dugandzija.tihomir@onk.ns.ac.rs
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dugandzija
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malenkovic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miladinov-Mikov
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bjelobrk-Kolarov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Velaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ivkovic-Kapicl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D012042:Registries; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology