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Cancer prevalence estimates in Europe at the beginning of 2000

2013; Elsevier BV; Volume: 24; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/annonc/mdt030

1569-8041

Gemma Gatta, Sandra Mallone, Jan Maarten van der Zwan, Annalisa Trama, Sabine Siesling, Riccardo Capocaccia, M. Hackl, Erik V. Van der Eycken, K. Henau, Guy Hédelin, Michel Velten, Guy Launoy, A.V. Guizard, Anne‐Marie Bouvier, M. Maynadié, Anne‐Sophie Woronoff, A. Buemi, M. Colonna, O. Ganry, Pascale Grosclaude, B. Holleczek, H Ziegler, Laufey Tryggvadóttír, Francesco Bellù, Stefano Ferretti, Diego Serraino, Luigino Dal Maso, Ettore Bidoli, Silvia Birri, Antonella Zucchetto, L. Zainer, Marina Vercelli, Maria Antonietta Orengo, Claudia Casella, A. Quaglia, Massimo Federico, I. Rashid, Claudia Cirilli, Mario Fusco, A. Traina, M. Michiara, Vincenzo De Lisi, F Bozzani, Adriano Giacomin, ­Rosario ­Tumino, M.G. La Rosa, Eugenia Spata, A. Signora, Lucìa Mangone, Fabio Falcini, Sabrina Giorgetti, Alessandra Ravaioli, G Senatore, Antonio Iannelli, Mario Budroni, Silvano Piffer, Silvia Franchini, Emanuele Crocetti, Adele Caldarella, T. Intrieri, Francesco La Rosa, Fabrizio Stracci, Tiziana Cassetti, Paolo Contiero, Giovanna Tagliabue, P Zambon, Stefano Guzzinati, Franco Berrino, Paolo Baili, F. Bella, Roberta Ciampichini, Gemma Gatta, C. Margutti, Andrea Micheli, Pamela Minicozzi, Milena Sant, Annalisa Trama, M. Caldora, Riccardo Capocaccia, E. Carrani, Roberta De Angelis, Silvia Francisci, Enrico Grande, Riccardo Inghelmann, H. Lenz, Martina Lari, P. Roazzi, Mariano Santaquilani, Arianna Simonetti, Andrea Tavilla, A. Verdecchia, Frøydis Langmark, Jadwiga Rachtan, Ryszard Mężyk, Stanisław Góźdż, Urszula Siudowska, M. Zwierko, Magdalena Bielska‐Lasota, Ch. Safaei Diba, Maja Primic‐Žakelj, Antonio Navareño Mateos, Isabel Izarzugaza, A. Ramos Trujillo, Óscar Zurriaga, Rafael Marcos‐Gragera, Mireia Vilardell, À. Izquierdo, Eva Ardanáz, Conchi Moreno‐Iribas, Jaume Galcerán, Åsa Klint, Mats Talbäck, Gernot Jundt, M. Usel, Henry Clay Frick, S.M. Ess, Andrea Bordoni, Isabelle Konzelmann, S.I. Dehler, Sabine Siesling, Otto Visser, R. Otter, J.W.W. Coebergh, David Greenberg, J. Wilkinson, M. Roche, Julia Verne, David Meechan, Jason Poole, Gill Lawrence, Anna Gavin, David Brewster, R.J. Black, John Steward,

Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers

BackgroundComplete cancer prevalence data in Europe have never been updated after the first estimates provided by the EUROPREVAL project and referred to the year 1993. This paper provides prevalence estimates for 16 major cancers in Europe at the beginning of the year 2003.Patients and methodsWe estimated complete prevalence by the completeness index method. We used information on cancer patients diagnosed in 1978–2002 with vital status information available up to 31 December 2003, from 76 European cancer registries.ResultsAbout 11.6 millions of Europeans with a history of one of the major considered cancers were alive on 1 January 2003. For breast and prostate cancers, about 1 out of 73 women and 1 out of 160 men were living with a previous diagnosis of breast and prostate cancers, respectively. The demographic variations alone will increase the number of prevalent cases to nearly 13 millions in 2010.ConclusionsSeveral factors (early detection, population aging and better treatment) contribute to increase cancer prevalence and push for the need of a continuous monitoring of prevalence indicators to properly plan needs, resource allocation to cancer and for improving health care programs for cancer survivors. Cancer prevalence should be included within the EU official health statistics.