[Some interpretation of regional estimates of the incidence of cancer in France over the period 1980--2005]

M Colonna; N Bossard; N Mitton; L Remontet; A Belot; P Delafosse; P Grosclaude; le réseau Francim

doi:10.1016/j.respe.2008.10.001

[Some interpretation of regional estimates of the incidence of cancer in France over the period 1980--2005]

Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 2008 Dec;56(6):434-40. doi: 10.1016/j.respe.2008.10.001. Epub 2008 Nov 17.

[Article in French]

Authors

M Colonna¹, N Bossard, N Mitton, L Remontet, A Belot, P Delafosse, P Grosclaude; le réseau Francim

Affiliation

¹ Registre des cancers de l'Isère, 23, chemin des Sources, 38240 Meylan, France. mcolonna.registre@wanadoo.fr

PMID: 19010627
DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2008.10.001

Abstract

Francim Network has already provided French national estimations of cancer incidence then regional estimations for Metropolitan France. The present technical note summarizes the underlying hypotheses and the limits of the method and suggests some aspects of interpretation of those regional results in terms of absolute numbers and of standardized rates. Results on "all cancers" illustrate those comments.

Publication types

Comparative Study
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology
Breast Neoplasms / mortality
Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology
Colorectal Neoplasms / mortality
Female
France / epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology
Lung Neoplasms / mortality
Male
Melanoma / epidemiology
Melanoma / mortality
Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Neoplasms / mortality
Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology
Prostatic Neoplasms / mortality
Registries*
Sex Factors
Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology
Skin Neoplasms / mortality
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / epidemiology
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / mortality