Melina Arnold1, Henrike E Karim-Kos2, Jan Willem Coebergh3, Graham Byrnes4, Ahti Antilla5, Jacques Ferlay6, Andrew G Renehan7, David Forman6, Isabelle Soerjomataram6. 1. Section of Cancer Information, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. Electronic address: arnoldm@fellows.iarc.fr. 2. Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 3. Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 4. Biostatistics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. 5. Mass Screening Registry, Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki, Finland. 6. Section of Cancer Information, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. 7. The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Faculty Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Individual country- and cancer site-specific studies suggest that the age-adjusted incidence of many common cancers has increased in European populations over the past two decades. To quantify the extent of these trends and the recent burden of cancer, here we present a comprehensive overview of trends in population-based incidence of the five common cancers across Europe derived from a new web-based portal of the European cancer registries. METHODS: Data on incidence for cancers of the colon and rectum, prostate, breast, corpus uteri and stomach diagnosed from 1988 to 2008 were obtained from the European Cancer Observatory for cancer registries from 26 countries. Annual age-standardised incidence rates and average annual percentage changes were calculated. RESULTS: Incidence of four common cancers in eastern and central European countries (prostate, postmenopausal breast, corpus uteri and colorectum) started to approach levels in northern and western Europe, where rates were already high in the past but levelled off in some countries in recent years. Decreases in stomach cancer incidence were seen in all countries. DISCUSSION: Increasing trends in incidence of the most common cancers, except stomach cancer, are bad news to public health but can largely be explained by well-known changes in society in the past decades. Thus, current and future efforts in primary cancer prevention should not only remain focussed on the further reduction of smoking but engage in the long-term efforts to retain healthy lifestyles, especially avoiding excess weight through balanced diets and regular physical exercise.
BACKGROUND: Individual country- and cancer site-specific studies suggest that the age-adjusted incidence of many common cancers has increased in European populations over the past two decades. To quantify the extent of these trends and the recent burden of cancer, here we present a comprehensive overview of trends in population-based incidence of the five common cancers across Europe derived from a new web-based portal of the European cancer registries. METHODS: Data on incidence for cancers of the colon and rectum, prostate, breast, corpus uteri and stomach diagnosed from 1988 to 2008 were obtained from the European Cancer Observatory for cancer registries from 26 countries. Annual age-standardised incidence rates and average annual percentage changes were calculated. RESULTS: Incidence of four common cancers in eastern and central European countries (prostate, postmenopausal breast, corpus uteri and colorectum) started to approach levels in northern and western Europe, where rates were already high in the past but levelled off in some countries in recent years. Decreases in stomach cancer incidence were seen in all countries. DISCUSSION: Increasing trends in incidence of the most common cancers, except stomach cancer, are bad news to public health but can largely be explained by well-known changes in society in the past decades. Thus, current and future efforts in primary cancer prevention should not only remain focussed on the further reduction of smoking but engage in the long-term efforts to retain healthy lifestyles, especially avoiding excess weight through balanced diets and regular physical exercise.
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