Trends in cancer incidence and survival in the Augsburg study region-results from the Augsburg cancer registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Knowledge about time trends of cancer incidence and cancer survival in a defined region is an essential prerequisite for the planning of regional healthcare infrastructure. The aim of the study was to provide population-based analyses of all common tumour sites to assess the cancer burden in the Augsburg study region.

Setting

Total population of the study region of Augsburg (668 522 residents), Southern Germany.

Participants

The data obtained from the Cancer Registry Augsburg comprised 37 487 incident cases of malignant tumours (19 313 men and 18 174 women) diagnosed between 2005 and 2016 in the Augsburg region's resident population.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We calculated sex-specific, age-standardised incidence rates and annual percent

SUBMITTER: Grundmann N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7462243 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature