Childhood cancer in Britain: incidence, survival and mortality

Childhood cancer in britain: incidence, survival, and mortality.

Cancer is diagnosed in about 140 per million children in Britain each year. There is a 1 in 500 chance that a child will be affected in the first 15 years of life, the most frequently occurring types of cancer being leukaemia and brain tumours. This book covers the descriptive epidemiology of childhood cancer in Britain, based on the unique work of the National Registry of Childhood Tumours, th...

Childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Canada

[Childhood cancer: a comparative analysis of incidence, mortality, and survival in Goiania (Brazil) and other countries].

Analysis of cancer incidence, mortality, and survival rates can yield geographic and temporal trends that are useful for planning and evaluating health interventions. This article reviews cancer incidence and mortality rates and respective trends around the world in children under 15 years old, as well as their 5-year survival rates in developed and developing countries. We conclude that even t...

Cancer survival in Britain

Editor—I strongly endorse Sikora’s claim that poor rates of survival from cancer in the United Kingdom reflect a lack of NHS resources. Increasing the number of specialist oncologists will not, however, make up for the massive shortfall in funds required to provide these oncologists with the essential tools of their trade. Recent review of the budgetary allocation to Addenbrooke’s Oncology Cent...

Incidence and Survival of Childhood Cancer in Korea

PURPOSE An epidemiologic study of childhood cancer would provide useful information on cancer etiology and development of management guidelines. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data from the Korea National Cancer Incidence Database were used to examine the incidence and survival of cancer in patients aged 0-14 years. Patients were grouped according to the International Classification of Childhood Cance...