[Bronchial carcinoma in the health area of Estella]

Bronchial carcinoma (BC) is still a main health problem, being the most frequent neoplasia among men and the second most frequent among women. In order to update the epidemiological data of this pathology in our health area, we have retrospectively studied 24 patients in whom BC was diagnosed throughout a year among the population of the Health Area of Estella, a province of Navarra. The patients were included in a protocolized study for their biostatistical analysis with the aim of determining their distribution rate by ages, sex, risk factors, previous chronic pulmonary disease, initial symptoms, radiological results, diagnostic procedures, histopathology and stage of neoplasia. We conclude that, in general terms, our experience does not differ from other studies conducted in our country or abroad, although in demonstrates a significant increase in the incidence of BC in our health area during the past 10 years.