Trend in Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Fukushima From 2008 Through 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer incidence in Fukushima Prefecture, especially thyroid cancer, has been a public concern, since the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants accident following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011; however, cancer incidence for Fukushima residents before and after the accident based on a population-based cancer registry (PBCR) has not been known worldwide.

Methods

We obtained the corrected-incidence data for invasive cancers newly diagnosed from 2008 through 2015 from the Fukushima Cancer Registry. We checked data quality indicators for PBCRs to confirm comparability. We calculated age-standardized annual incidence and mortality of cancer for all-site, thyroid, and leukemia by calendar year and sex, as we did for Tochi

SUBMITTER: Shibata A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593570 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature