Linearity of Age at Cancer Onset Worldwide: 25-Year Population-Based Cancer Registry Study.

ABSTRACT: Background The linear association between median age at cancer onset and median age of the underlying population has been described only for breast cancer. We quantified the shape and strength of such association for 20 cancer types using data from all population-based cancer registries (CRs) worldwide. Methods The patients' median age at cancer onset and of the underlying population were extracted from all CRs listed in volumes VI (1983-1987 years) and XI (2008-2012 years) of Cancer Incidence in Five Continents. The association was assessed at cross-sectional level by linear regression models and longitudinally considering only the long-standing CRs active throughout the study period (i.e., 25-year span). Results During 2008-2012, each one-year increase in median population ageing was ass

SUBMITTER: Bidoli E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8583131 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature