Decision making towards cancer prevention and control requires monitoring of trends in
cancer incidence and accurate estimation of its burden in different settings. We aimed to …

Background Prediction of the number of incident cancer cases is very relevant for health
planning purposes and allocation of resources. The shift towards elder age groups in central …

Background Projections of the national burden of cancer play a key role in planning cancer
control programmes and investments. We present projections of cancer incidence rates and …

Purpose To predict the burden of cancer in Catalonia by 2020 assessing changes in
demography and cancer risk during 2010–2020. Methods/patients Data were obtained from …

Background Up-to-date cancer burden indicators are essential to support political decision
making, to enable epidemiological research and as an information source for citizens …

Aims and background This paper presents updated estimates of the incidence, prevalence
and mortality of stomach, colorectal, lung, breast, uterine cervix and prostate cancer and skin …

The objective was to quantify thyroid cancer incidence and mortality trends in Portugal. The
number of thyroid cancer cases and incidence rates were retrieved from the Regional …

Aims and background Cancer registration in Sardinia covers 43% of the population and
started in 1992 in the Sassari province. The aim of this paper is to provide estimates of the …

To provide an updated review of cancer mortality trends in Italy, cancer mortality and census
data, from 1970 to 2007, were extracted from the WHO mortality database and analyzed …

Background Measuring progress against cancer is more accurate when trends in incidence,
survival, and mortality are interpreted simultaneously. Our study aims to analyze how these …