Incidence of breast cancer in Italy: mastectomies and quadrantectomies performed between 2000 and 2005

• Main Authors: Artioli Fabrizio, Cagossi Katia, Sordi Emiliano, Serravezza Giuseppe, Distante Alessandro, Marinelli Alessandra, Gimigliano Francesca, Iolascon Giovanni, Di Maio Massimo, Buonaguro Franco M, Santoriello Antonio, Piscitelli Prisco, Santangelo Michele, Fucito Alfredo, Gimigliano Raffaele, Brandi Maria, Crespi Massimo, Giordano Antonio
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2009-06-01
• Series: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
• Online Access: http://www.jeccr.com/content/28/1/86

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>We aimed to determine the incidence of women's breast cancer in Italy without using statistical approximations.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We analyzed the national hospitalizations database at the Ministry of Health to calculate the number of major surgeries in Italian women (mastectomies and quadrantectomies) due to breast cancer between 2000 and 2005, overall and by age groups (<44, 45–64, 65–74 and ≥ 75 years old).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Over the six years examined, an overall number of 100,745 mastectomies and 168,147 quadrantectomies were performed. A total of 41,608 major surgeries due to breast cancer were performed in the year 2000 and this number rose to 47,200 in 2005, with a 13.4% increase over six years.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>by analyzing the hospitalizations database concerning major breast surgery, incidence of breast cancer in Italy was found to be 26.5% higher than the official estimations which have been computed using statistical models (namely 47,200 vs. 37,300 cases in year 2005).</p>