Aging population means more cancer cases

S Martin - 2000 - Can Med Assoc
The Canadian Cancer Society has used Canadian Cancer Statistics 2000, a report prepared
in conjunction with Health Canada and the National Cancer Institute of Canada, to estimate …

Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1973–1999, featuring implications of age and aging on US cancer burden

BK Edwards, HL Howe, LAG Ries, MJ Thun… - Cancer, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract BACKGROUND The American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, the
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR), the National Institute …

[PDF][PDF] Cancer prevalence in the Canadian population

LF Ellison, K Wilkins - Health Reports, 2009 - Citeseer
Background The rising numbers of cancer diagnoses, together with improvements in
survival, have led to increases in the prevalence of cancer in Canada. This article provides …

Estimating the prevalence of cancer in the United States

AP Polednak - … International Journal of the American Cancer …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Few reports have estimated the prevalence of persons in the US ever
diagnosed with invasive cancer. METHODS The Connecticut Tumor Registry was used to …

The effect of the ageing population on the distribution of cancers

D Zarate, H Harden, S Colquist… - Asia-Pacific …, 2013 - cancerallianceqld.health.qld.gov.au
Visio-Poster 2 - Projections.vsdx Page 1 Bowel cancers and other gastrointestinal cancers will
increase at a faster rate than most other cancers as the population ages …

Cancer statistics, 2001

RT Greenlee, MB Hill‐Harmon… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Each year the American Cancer Society compiles estimates of the number of new
cancer cases and deaths expected in the US in the current year and the most recent data on …

High cancer mortality rates in the elderly in the UK

H Moller, G Flatt, A Moran - Cancer epidemiology, 2011 - Elsevier
Introduction: Cancer is largely a disease of older individuals. We compared UK cancer
mortality rates with those for other countries to assess progress. Methods: Death details …

[PDF][PDF] Cancer mortality among low-risk populations

JE Enstrom - Ca, 1979 - scientificintegrityinstitute.org
Downloaded from parts of the world, such as Africa, India, and Latin America, cancer is
poorly diagnosedand hence cancerratesappear to be very low, for the simple reason that the …

[PDF][PDF] Cancer statistics, 2002

A Jemal, A Thomas, T Murray, M Thun - Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2002 - icic.es
ABSTRACT Every year the American Cancer Society estimates the number of new cancer
cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most …

United States cancer statistics; 1999 incidence

P Gargiullo - 2002 - stacks.cdc.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and the National
Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, Maryland, in collaboration with the North American …