Breast Cancer Disease Burden in Albania
AJTES Vol 6, No 2, July 2022
Pema E et al - Breast Cancer Disease Burden in Albania.

Keywords

breast cancer
Oncology Service
tumors
pathological profile

How to Cite

Pema (Kristo), A., Tarifa, D., Ikonomi, M., Proko, F., Ymeri, A., Shehu, L., & Poga, B. (2022). Breast Cancer Disease Burden in Albania. Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 6(2), 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.32391/ajtes.v6i2.281

Abstract

Introduction; There are data on an increase in cancer cases in Albania in recent decades, this growing trend of cancer in the Albanian population is due to the rapid increase of habits or unhealthy behaviors such as; smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, unhealthy diet, high levels of obesity, and physical inactivity. However, Albanian men and women show one of the lowest values (in terms of age) in the region of Southeast Europe. In Albania still, we do not have official data regarding the number of breast cancer diagnosed patients either their characteristics or pathological profile.
Our purpose is to conduct a retrospective study of a number of Breast Cancer patients treated and diagnosed in Albania in 2018.     
Material and Methods; We have recorded and recorded all breast cancer data from the registry of the Oncology Service at University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa “and private clinics in Tirana and from the registries of the district hospitals, during 2018.
Results; Total number of breast cancer patients treated and diagnosed in 2018, from them 506 patients were diagnosed and treated with breast cancer of all stages in our hospital. Since the registry of cancer is still not entirely functioning the data represents only our hospital not.
Conclusions; Breast cancer remains a major public health concern worldwide. Trends in the incidence, mortality and regulated life years of the disabled are varied across regions and countries, suggesting the allocation of appropriate healthcare resources for breast cancer, which should have the highest level of evaluation.

https://doi.org/10.32391/ajtes.v6i2.281
Pema E et al - Breast Cancer Disease Burden in Albania.

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