TIME TREND IN TUMOR DISEASE INCIDENCE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLES! CENTS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

!e aim of the study: To describe the time trend of tumour disease incidence in children and adolescents (i.e., men and women between 0–19 years of age) in the Czech Republic over the past nineteen years of the period monitored. Material and Methods: !e available data from the National Oncology Register of the Czech Republic (NOR CR) which have been published or are freely available at the website of the Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic (UZIS) were used as the source data. Results and conclusion: !e data was obtained may serve as clearly laid out data for cross comparing tumour disease incidence in children and adolescents in the Czech Republic and other countries, as well as for ef"cient medical cost planning and predictive estimates of tumour disease among children and adolescents in years to come.