Open AccessCancer mortality in the oldest old: a global overview
Author(s) -
Dana Hashim,
Greta Carioli,
Matteo Malvezzi,
Paola Bertuccio,
Samuel Waxman,
Eva Negri,
Carlo La Vecchia,
Paolo Boffetta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 90
ISSN - 1945-4589
DOI - 10.18632/aging.103503
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , demography , mortality rate , breast cancer , prostate cancer , lung cancer , sociology
As a higher proportion of adults live beyond 85 years, their cancer burden is expected to increase. While trends among the oldest old are established for major epithelial cancers (breast, prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers), they are less studied for minor cancers. This study describes age trends of cancer mortality, with emphasis on individuals aged 85+ years.
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