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Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 (concord-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18…
2018
Eser, Sultan (Balikesir Author)
Comparison of paediatric cancers outcomes between Palermo Province (Sicily) and Southern Europe
2018
Background: Italy has one of the highest paediatric cancer incidence rate in Europe. We compared cancer incidence and survival in children (0-14 years) and adolescents (15-19 years) resident in Palermo Province with statistics derived from Italian and European surveillance systems. Methods: We included all incident cancer cases, malignant tumours and non-malignant neoplasm of central nervous system (benign and uncertain whether malignant or benign), detected in children and adolescents by the Palermo Province Cancer Registry between 2003 and 2012. A joinpoint regression model was applied. Annual Average Percentage Changes were calculated. The Besag–York–Mollie model was used to detect any c…