Journal article
Cancer mortality in Europe, 2000-2004, and an overview of trends since 1975.
- La Vecchia C Department of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri'; Institute of Medical Statistics and Biometry 'G.A. Maccacaro', Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
- Bosetti C Department of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri'. Electronic address: bosetti@marionegri.it.
- Lucchini F Cancer Epidemiology Unit and Cancer Registries of Vaud and Neuchâtel, Institut de médecine sociale et préventive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois et Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Bertuccio P Department of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri'.
- Negri E Department of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri'.
- Boyle P International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France.
- Levi F Cancer Epidemiology Unit and Cancer Registries of Vaud and Neuchâtel, Institut de médecine sociale et préventive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois et Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 2009-12-02
Published in:
- Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology. - 2010
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cause of Death
Child
Child, Preschool
Europe
Female
Forecasting
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms
Time Factors
Young Adult
English
BACKGROUND
To update the pattern of cancer mortality in Europe.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We analysed cancer mortality in 34 European countries during 2000-2004, with an overview of trends in 1975-2004 using data from the World Health Organization.
RESULTS
From 1990-1994 to 2000-2004, overall cancer mortality in the European Union declined from 185.2 to 168.0/100 000 (world standard, -9%) in men and from 104.8 to 96.9 (-8%) in women, with larger falls in middle age. Total cancer mortality trends were favourable, though to a variable degree, in all major European countries, including Russia, but not in Romania. The major determinants of these favourable trends were the decline of lung (-16%) and other tobacco-related cancers in men, together with the persistent falls in gastric cancer, and the recent appreciable falls in colorectal cancer. In women, relevant contributions came from the persistent decline in cervical cancer and the recent falls in breast cancer mortality, particularly in northern and western Europe. Favourable trends were also observed for testicular cancer, Hodgkin lymphomas, leukaemias, and other neoplasms amenable to treatment, though the reductions were still appreciably smaller in eastern Europe.
CONCLUSION
This updated analysis of cancer mortality in Europe showed a persistent favourable trend over the last years.
To update the pattern of cancer mortality in Europe.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We analysed cancer mortality in 34 European countries during 2000-2004, with an overview of trends in 1975-2004 using data from the World Health Organization.
RESULTS
From 1990-1994 to 2000-2004, overall cancer mortality in the European Union declined from 185.2 to 168.0/100 000 (world standard, -9%) in men and from 104.8 to 96.9 (-8%) in women, with larger falls in middle age. Total cancer mortality trends were favourable, though to a variable degree, in all major European countries, including Russia, but not in Romania. The major determinants of these favourable trends were the decline of lung (-16%) and other tobacco-related cancers in men, together with the persistent falls in gastric cancer, and the recent appreciable falls in colorectal cancer. In women, relevant contributions came from the persistent decline in cervical cancer and the recent falls in breast cancer mortality, particularly in northern and western Europe. Favourable trends were also observed for testicular cancer, Hodgkin lymphomas, leukaemias, and other neoplasms amenable to treatment, though the reductions were still appreciably smaller in eastern Europe.
CONCLUSION
This updated analysis of cancer mortality in Europe showed a persistent favourable trend over the last years.
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- English
- Open access status
- bronze
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- DOI 10.1093/annonc/mdp530
- PMID 19948741
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/186406
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