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Trends in cancer incidence and survival in Connecticut
Author(s) -
Foote Franklin M.,
Eisenberg Henry,
Honeyman Merton S.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196611)19:11<1573::aid-cncr2820191119>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , cancer , bronchus , cervix , corpus uteri , rectum , prostate , stomach , lung cancer , cancer registry , gynecology , oncology , lung , respiratory disease , physics , optics
The 25‐year experience of a state‐wide tumor registry is analyzed for trends in incidence and survival. Specific sites, covering 70% of the 160,000 reported cases show varying results. Incidence of bronchus and lung cancer in men has increased from 9 to 47 per 100,000 and 4 to 7.3 in women. Cancer of the stomach has decreased in men from 40 to 20 per 100,000 and from 26 to 10 in women. There has been a marked improvement in the 5‐year survival of cases of bronchus and lung, large intestine, rectum, corpus, cervix and prostate cancer. Only a small improvement is shown in survival for cancer of the female breast.