Cancer burden with ageing population in urban regions in China: projection on cancer registry data from World Health Organization | Zendy

Kelvin Tsoi | Zendy; Hoyee W. Hirai | Zendy; Felix C.H. Chan | Zendy; Siân Griffiths | Zendy; Joseph J.�Y. Sung | Zendy

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Cancer burden with ageing population in urban regions in China: projection on cancer registry data from World Health Organization

Author(s) -

Kelvin Tsoi,

Hoyee W. Hirai,

Felix C.H. Chan,

Siân Griffiths,

Joseph J.�Y. Sung

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

british medical bulletin

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08

H-Index - 112

eISSN - 1471-8391

pISSN - 0007-1420

DOI - 10.1093/bmb/ldw050

Subject(s) - medicine , population ageing , population , cancer , prostate cancer , colorectal cancer , incidence (geometry) , cancer registry , environmental health , lung cancer , gerontology , demography , oncology , physics , sociology , optics

China is facing the challenges of an expanding ageing population and the impact of rapid urbanization, cancer rates are subsequently increasing. This study focuses on the changes of the ageing population and projects the incidence of common ageing-related cancers in the urban regions in China up to 2030.

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