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. 2012 May 30;46(2):136–144. doi: 10.2478/v10019-012-0032-0

TABLE 2.

Number of newly diagnosed malignant pleural mesothelioma cases, number of patients treated by chemotherapy and by surgery, Slovenia 1974–2008

No. of new cases No. of treated by systemic therapy (%) No. of treated by surgery (%)
1974–1978 18 6 (33.3%) 1 (5.6%)
1979–1983 23 4 (17.4%) 4 (17.4%)
1984–1988 50 1 (2.0%) 6 (12.0%)
1989–1993 47 2 (4.3%) 2 (4.3%)
1994–1998 65 4 (6.2%) 6 (9.2%)
1999–2003 122 39 (32.0%) 25 (20.5%)
2004–2008 119 96 (80.7%) 8 (6.7%)
Total 444 152 (34.2%) 52 (11.7%)