Incidence patterns and temporal trends of childhood cancer in Germany, 1980-2019: Forty years of childhood cancer registration in Germany.

ABSTRACT: Comparing incidence patterns over time and between populations stimulates aetiological research and informs health policy. With this report, we provide the first comprehensive assessment and interpretation of 40 years of childhood cancer registration data and observed incidence patterns and time trends in Germany. We identified all incident childhood cancer cases diagnosed before the age of 15 years between 1980 and 2019 from the German Childhood Cancer Registry (N = 65,163) and examined incidence patterns and temporal trends. Over the entire period (1980-2019), boys were more frequently diagnosed than girls, children aged <5 years had the highest age-specific incidence rates and age-standardised incidence rates (ASR) were highest for leukaemias and CNS tumours. Trend analyses indicated a

SUBMITTER: Erdmann F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12811210 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature