Estimating current cancer mortality figures is important for defining priorities for prevention and treatment. Materials and methods: Using logarithmic Poisson count data joinpoint models on mortality and population data from the World Health Organization database, we estimated numbers of deaths and age-standardized rates in 2012 from all cancers and selected cancer sites for the whole European Union (EU) and its six more populated countries.

European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2012 / M. Malvezzi, P. Bertuccio, F. Levi, C. La Vecchia, E. Negri. - In: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 0923-7534. - 23:4(2012 Apr), pp. 1044-1052. [10.1093/annonc/mds024]

European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2012

M. Malvezzi
Primo
;
P. Bertuccio
Secondo
;
C. La Vecchia
;
E. Negri
2012

Abstract

Estimating current cancer mortality figures is important for defining priorities for prevention and treatment. Materials and methods: Using logarithmic Poisson count data joinpoint models on mortality and population data from the World Health Organization database, we estimated numbers of deaths and age-standardized rates in 2012 from all cancers and selected cancer sites for the whole European Union (EU) and its six more populated countries.
Breast cancer; Cancer; Europe; Mortality; Projections; Time trends
Settore MED/01 - Statistica Medica
apr-2012
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