title: Endometrial and cervical cancer: incidence and mortality among women in the Lodz region.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  By the early 21(st) century the most common cancer of female genitals in Poland was cervical cancer. Now endometrial cancer ranks first. The aim of this study was to analyse the incidence and mortality of endometrial and cervical cancer among women in the Lodz region.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data on the incidence and mortality of endometrial and cervical cancer among inhabitants of the Lodz region were obtained from the National Cancer Registry and Bulletin of Cancer Cases in the Lodz region. The analysis covered ten consecutive years beginning in 2001.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of new cases reported in 2010 exceeded that observed in 2001 by 181. The standardized incidence rate of endometrial cancer increased by 6.3, while the standardized incidence rate of cervical cancer decreased by 1.4.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the years 2001-2010, the incidence of endometrial cancer increased by 88.3% and that of cervical cancer decreased by 6.5% among inhabitants of the Lodz region. In the years 2001-2010, mortality of endometrial cancer increased by 24.5% and that of cervical cancer decreased by 12.6%. In 2010, the highest crude incidence rates in the Lodz region of both endometrial and cervical cancer at 39.1 were recorded in the district town of Piotrków.
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leśniczak
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Lodz, Poland ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krasomski
authors.affiliation: Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oszukowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stetkiewicz
authors.affiliation: Specialistic Outpatient Clinics, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Woźniak
keywords: Poland; cervical cancer; endometrial cancer; incidence; mortality