Cancer survival in the Faroe Islands over the last 50 years compared to the other Nordic countries.

Autor: Kristiansen MF; Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.; The Faroese Cancer Registry, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.; Centre of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.; Genetic Biobank of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands., Mikkelsen RM; Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands., Kristiansdóttir T; Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands., Andórsdóttir G; Genetic Biobank of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands., Hansen SÓ; Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.; The Faroese Cancer Registry, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands., Á Steig B; Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.; The Faroese Cancer Registry, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.; Genetic Biobank of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands., Nielsen KR; Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.; The Faroese Cancer Registry, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.; Genetic Biobank of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands., Skaalum Petersen M; Centre of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.; Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health, The Faroese Hospital System, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands., Strøm M; Centre of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.; Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of cancer [Int J Cancer] 2023 May 15; Vol. 152 (10), pp. 2090-2098. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 13.
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34456
Abstrakt: As sustained development in cancer treatment protocols have led to improved survival in most areas of the world, surveillance is needed to ensure that small populations follow suit. Our study reports age-standardized relative cancer survival in the Faroe Islands compared to the other Nordic countries. We present 1- and 5-year survival estimates and corresponding 95% confidence intervals for the Faroe Islands and compare them with estimates for the Nordic countries. The data for this article has been obtained through the NORDCAN collaboration (2019 data). Age-standardized relative survival was estimated using shared R codes on individual-level data within each country. Ten-year calendar inclusion periods were used in addition to the usual 5-year calendar periods to include cancer sites with few cases, which is especially beneficial to the smaller populations. The primary findings were that 1- and 5-year survival were consistently lower in the Faroes for the summary group all sites but non-melanoma skin cancer for both women and men. Further, 5-year survival was lower for women with ovarian cancer and men with lung cancer than in other Nordic countries. Previously, breast cancer survival was low in the Faroes but has improved to a comparable level over the last few years. Colorectal cancer survival was relatively high for both sexes. The reported estimates in this article call for further research to investigate the cancers with lower survival and should call for actions to improve the survival of Faroese cancer patients.
(© 2023 The Authors. International Journal of Cancer published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of UICC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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