Time trends and prognostic factors for survival from childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont (Italy)
| Autor: | Guido Pastore, Corrado Magnani, Maria Luisa Mosso, Milena Maule, Elisa Dama, Luisa Zuccolo, Franco Merletti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Oncology Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population Cause of Death Neoplasms Acute lymphocytic leukemia Internal medicine medicine Humans Registries Child education Survival rate Survival analysis Ganglioneuroblastoma Childhood Cancer Registry education.field_of_study Leukemia business.industry Infant Cancer Prognosis medicine.disease Survival Analysis Italy Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business |
| Zdroj: | University of Bristol-PURE |
| ISSN: | 1432-1076 0340-6199 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00431-005-0034-7 |
| Popis: | Survival after childhood cancer has been improving since the late 1970s in most developed countries. The Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont has been recording malignant tumors in children (0-14 years) throughout Piedmont since 1967. The present paper is based on the records of the 2,970 children diagnosed during the period 1970-2001; survival rates are estimated up to June 30, 2004. Based on records from the Registrar Offices of the relevant towns of residence, 1,698 children were reported to be alive, 1,252 deceased, and 20 were of unknown vital status. Over the period 1970-2001, 5-year survival rates for all tumor types combined showed a statistically significant increasing trend (p |
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