Predicting the future burden of cancer

F Bray, B Møller - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2006 - nature.com
As observations in the past do not necessarily hold into the future, predicting future cancer
occurrence is fraught with uncertainty. Nevertheless, predictions can aid health planners in …

Cancer-associated malnutrition: an introduction

M von Meyenfeldt - European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2005 - Elsevier
Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. It is the second
most frequent cause of death in Europe and is becoming the leading cause of death in old …

[HTML][HTML] Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios for 2016 …

KJ Foreman, N Marquez, A Dolgert, K Fukutaki… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Understanding potential trajectories in health and drivers of health is crucial to
guiding long-term investments and policy implementation. Past work on forecasting has …

European evidence-based consensus: inflammatory bowel disease and malignancies

V Annese, L Beaugerie, L Egan… - Journal of Crohn's …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The global prevalence of cancer is increasing, largely as more patients are living into old
age. Therefore, gastroenterologists caring for patients with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] …

[HTML][HTML] Estimates of the cancer incidence and mortality in Europe in 2006

J Ferlay, P Autier, M Boniol, M Heanue, M Colombet… - Annals of oncology, 2007 - Elsevier
Background: Monitoring the evolution of the cancer burden in Europe is of great value.
Estimates of the cancer burden in Europe have been published for 2004 and estimates are …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer incidence and mortality in Europe, 2004

P Boyle, J Ferlay - Annals of oncology, 2005 - Elsevier
Background There are no recent estimates of the incidence and mortality from cancer at a
European level. Those data that are available generally refer to the mid-1990s and are of …

A general framework for modeling tumor-immune system competition and immunotherapy: Mathematical analysis and biomedical inferences

A d'Onofrio - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 2005 - Elsevier
In this work we propose and investigate a family of models, which admits as particular cases
some well known mathematical models of tumor-immune system interaction, with the …

Epidemiology of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in Europe: accurate and comparable data are needed for effective public health monitoring and interventions

M Trakatelli, C Ulrich, V Del Marmol… - British Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common malignancy occurring in white
populations. It is currently becoming an important challenge in terms of public health …

[HTML][HTML] European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2012

M Malvezzi, P Bertuccio, F Levi, C La Vecchia… - Annals of oncology, 2012 - Elsevier
Background Estimating current cancer mortality figures is important for defining priorities for
prevention and treatment. Materials and methods Using logarithmic Poisson count data …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer mortality in the European Union, 1970–2003, with a joinpoint analysis

C Bosetti, P Bertuccio, F Levi, F Lucchini, E Negri… - Annals of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Background Cancer mortality peaked in the European Union (EU) in the late 1980s and
declined thereafter. Materials and methods We analyzed EU cancer mortality data provided …