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Cancer incidence and mortality trends from 2003 to 2014 in Italy

2019; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 105; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0300891619839844

2038-2529

Carlotta Buzzoni, Emanuele Crocetti, Stefano Guzzinati, Luigino Dal Maso, Silvia Francisci, Guido Mazzoleni, MA Ferrara, Eduardo Lucia Caputo, Enzo Coviello, Rocco Galasso, Armand O. Citarella, Giuseppe Sampietro, Mauro Magoni, A Ardizzone, Angelo D’Argenzio, Angela Sardo, A. Giorno, G. La Greca, P. Ricci, Stefano Ferretti, Fernando Palma, Diego Serraino, Silvia Iacovacci, Anna Melcarne, Antonella Puppo, Salvatore Sciacca, Antonio Russo, Bianca Caruso, Luca Cavalieri d’Oro, Giancarlo D'Orsi, Mario Fusco, M. Usala, Francesco Vitale, Rosanna Cusimano, Maria Michiara, Lorenza Boschetti, Giorgio Chiaranda, Stefano Rosso, ­Rosario ­Tumino, Lucìa Mangone, S Valenti Clemente, Fabio Falcini, AL Caiazzo, R. Cesaraccio, F. Tisano, A.C. Fanetti, Sante Minerba, Adele Caldarella, Giuseppa Candela, Silvano Piffer, Arriy Saputra Cania, M Castelli, Antonio Pisani, Giovanna Tagliabue, Emanuela Bovo, A Brustolin,

Cancer Risks and Factors

To evaluate short-term (2003-2014) cancer incidence and mortality trends in Italy.Italian Cancer Registries data, available in the AIRTUM database, from 17 out of 20 regions were used. The number of incident cases and deaths were estimated for those registries and those years with incomplete information. Age-standardized rates, overall and stratified by geographic area, region, sex, cancer site, and major age group, were computed. Time trends were expressed as annual percent change of rates.In Italy, among males, incidence rates for all cancers showed during 2003-2014, a significant decrease (-0.9%/year), with stronger reductions in the northwest (-1.3%/year) and northeast (-2.0%/year since 2006) than in central (-0.7%/year) and southern (-0.4%/year) areas. Among females, a weak but significant overall reduction was detected (-0.1%/year), with a stronger decrease in the northwest (-0.5%/year). Incidence increased among women in the south (0.3%/year) of Italy. Mortality decreased in both sexes (-1.0%/year among males and -0.5%/year among females), but not in the south, where rates had a stable tendency.Incidence among males decreased, supported by trends for prostate, lung, colorectal, and urinary bladder cancers; among females the. The overall cancer incidence trend was stable, or even decreasing, in the northern and central areas and increasing in the southern areas, due to lung, thyroid, and melanoma rising trends. Study results provided information on the outcomes, in terms of cancer incidence and mortality, of primary and secondary prevention measures employed by regional health systems.