TABLE 5.

Slovenian total incidence of melanoma, breast cancer, and uterine/cervical cancer in 2002–2007¹⁸, compared to the number of patients expected/referred for lymphedema after procedure for cancer. *Expected number of patients with lymph-edema after therapy for the relevant condition, according to the published reports³–⁹

	Year
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Melanoma
Total incidence	148	202	210	226	395	437
Expected patients with lymphedema (N)*	65	88	92	99	173	192
Referred patients with lymphedema (N)	2	3	2	3	4	6
Breast cancer
Total incidence	817	856	911	944	1117	1153
Expected patients with lymphedema (N)*	106–408	111–428	118–455	122–472	145–558	149–576
Referred patients with lymphedema (N)	1	2	2	12	6	3
Uterine/cervical cancer
Total incidence	449	467	476	480	442	449
Expected patients with lymphedema (N)*	22–220	23–228	24–233	24–235	22–216	22–220
Referred patients with lymphedema (N)	6	9	13	8	8	7