The trends and projections in the incidence and mortality of liver cancer in urban Shanghai: a population-based study from 1973 to 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2012, liver cancer ranked as the fifth and eighth most common cancer in men and women, respectively, in urban Shanghai. This study aims to present the trend and projection of age-specific incidence and mortality of liver cancer in Shanghai.

Methods

We extracted data of liver cancer incident cases and deaths between 1973 and 2012. An age-period-cohort model was used to analyze the data.

Results

A total of 47,344 men and 18,692 women were diagnosed with liver cancer from 1973 to 2012. The overall age-standardized incidence was 26.89 and 8.89 per 100,000 for men and women, respectively. Correspondingly, a total of 44,355 and 18,084 men and women died from liver cancer during this period. The overall age-standardized death rate was 25.34 per 100,000 in men a

SUBMITTER: Bai L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5849921 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature