title: [Lung cancer in Avila province, Spain. Incidence rates, epidemiolgy of the year 2012 and trends in the last 20 years].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the extent of lung cancer in Alvila. Its incidence rates and significant epidemiological aspects of the year 2012 were recorded, and the results of each 5-year period (up to 20 years) were compared with those of known studies conducted using the same methodology.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective study was conducted on all patients diagnosed with lung cancer in the Province of Avila throughout the year 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 81 patients were diagnosed, of whom 70 were males and 11 females, with a mean age of 72.1 years (range: 44-91), and was higher than that found in previous studies. This gave gross, and adjusted to the standard world population, incidence rates in 2012 of 80.99 and 31.23 per 100,000, respectively, in males, and 12.97 and 5.68 per 100,000, respectively in females. These rates are lower in both sexes than those found in Alvila in 2002. In 2012, 80.25% had been smokers (90% of males and 18.18% of the women), although, on diagnosis, 68.75% had quit smoking. A clinical-radiological diagnosis was made in 9 (11.1%), with a histocytological diagnosis in 72 (88.9%). The histological types were: adenocarcinomas in 37.5%; squamous in 33.3%; microcytic in 13.8%; undifferentiated non-small cell in 11.1%; large cell in 2.77%, and carcinoid in 1.38%. The most frequent treatments were chemotherapy (50.6%), symptomatic (23.4%), and surgery (12.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of lung cancer in Avila has decreased in both sexes in the last 10 years. In 2012, the patients have been older, the majority with adenocarcinoma histology, and receiving chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neumología, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, Complejo Asistencial de Ávila, Ávila, España. Electronic address: jhernandez@separ.es.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hernández-Hernández
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neumología, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, Complejo Asistencial de Ávila, Ávila, España.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Moreno de Vega-Herrero
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neumología, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, Complejo Asistencial de Ávila, Ávila, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iglesias-Heras
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neumología, Hospital Nuestra Señora de Sonsoles, Complejo Asistencial de Ávila, Ávila, España.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García-García
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hernández-Terciado
authors.affiliation: Sección de Neumología, Hospital General Nuestra Señora del Prado, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Celdrán-Gil
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
keywords: Adenocarcinoma; Cáncer de pulmón; Epidemiology; Epidemiología; Incidence; Incidencia; Lung cancer; Rates; Smoking; Tabaco; Tasas