Open Access<p>Future Patient Incidence in Hemato-Oncology: A Study Using Data from Cancer Registries in Japan</p>
Author(s) -
Hiroto Narimatsu,
Masahiko Sakaguchi,
Shotaro Nakamura,
Kayoko Katayama
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s277207
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , incidence (geometry) , hematologic malignancy , cancer , lymphoma , population , malignancy , leukemia , cancer registry , cancer incidence , hematological malignancy , demography , oncology , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics
The distribution of patients with hematological malignancies is expected to change markedly in the future due to aging of the Japanese population. We assessed the expected incidence rates of leukemia, malignant lymphoma, and multiple myeloma using national population estimates and data from the Kanagawa Cancer Registry.