title: The incidence of laryngeal cancer in Europe with special regard to Poland in last 2 decades.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Laryngeal cancer is a common respiratory cancer. We aimed to use data from European population-based cancer registries to present variations in the incidence and mortality of laryngeal cancer within Europe.
  
  
  METHODS
  High-quality data from cancer registries were qualified for analysis. The pooled data were stratified by area, sex and age groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence and mortality rates of laryngeal cancer has been slightly decreasing for the last 10 years in Poland and other European countries. Laryngeal cancer is relatively rare in people under 40 years of age. Laryngeal cancer is significantly more common in men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laryngeal cancer it is still a pathology which affects the quality of life of patients in the whole Europe.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej ul. Przybyszewskiego 49, 60-355 Poznań
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wierzbicka
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej z Pododdziałem Chirurgii Szczękowej ul. Ujejskiego 75, 85-168 Bydgoszcz.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Winiarski
authors.affiliation: Klinika Onkologii Laryngologicznej, ul. Banacha 1 a, 02-097 Warszawa.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Osuch-Wójcikiewicz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology