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Estimates of cancer burden in Italy
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Aims and background This paper presents updated estimates of the incidence, prevalence and mortality of stomach, colorectal, lung, breast, uterine cervix and prostate cancer and skin melanoma in the Italian population. In particular, point estimates for 2012 and time trends from 1970 to 2015 will be provided. Methods The presented figures were obtained by summing up the regional epidemiological indicator estimates presented in the other papers of this monographic issue, which were derived by applying the MIAMOD statistical back-calculation method to cancer registries survival data and official mortality rates. Results Our findings indicate that breast, colon-rectum and prostate will be the cancer sites with the highest incidence rates in the forthcoming years. The incidence rates still tend to increase for breast, male colorectal cancer and female lung cancer as well as for skin melanoma. By contrast, the incidence of stomach cancer, cervical cancer and male lung cancer, by far the most common tumor sites up to the early 1990s, will continue to decrease. The mortality estimates showed a decreasing trend for all considered cancers with the only exception of lung cancer in women. Conclusion These results point to the need to reinforce prevention activities by developing more effective preventive measures for population groups at risk. There is also a need to support timely and continuous cancer surveillance in the Italian population through cancer registries in order to monitor the spread of the cancer risk and to evaluate the impact of prevention policies and therapeutic advances.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Cancer Research
Lung Neoplasms
Skin Neoplasms
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Breast Neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms
Cost of Illness
Female
Humans
Incidence
Italy
Melanoma
Middle Aged
Neoplasms
Prevalence
Prostatic Neoplasms
Registries
Sex Distribution
Stomach Neoplasms
Survival Rate
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
NO
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cancer burden, Incidence, Italy, Mortality, Prevalence
80 and over
Mortality
General Medicine
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Cancer burden
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f469bd3cde92c5957313d1215e6f71c9