Trends in the incidence of human papillomavirus-related noncervical and cervical cancers in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent epidemiologic studies have suggested that the incidence of noncervical cancers associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) is increasing. We assessed temporal, age-specific and sex-specific changes in the incidence of HPV-associated cancers in a population-based study.

Methods

We used the Alberta Cancer Registry, a registry of all cancers diagnosed in the province of Alberta, Canada, to identify patients with cancers of the oropharynx, cervix, vulva, vagina, anus and penis (cancers associated with HPV) between Jan. 1, 1975, and Dec. 31, 2009. We estimated the age-standardized incidence of each cancer by sex- and age-specific group and assessed the annual percentage change using joinpoint regression.

Results

The age-standardized incidence of orophary

SUBMITTER: Shack L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4117359 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature