An estimate of the number of people in Italy living after a childhood cancer

Cancers diagnosed in children below the age of 15 years represent 1.2% of all cancer cases, and survival after a childhood cancer has greatly improved over the past 40 years in all high income countries. This study aims to estimate the number of people living in Italy after a childhood cancer for all cancers combined and for a selection of cancer types. We computed 15-year prevalence using data from 15 Italian population-based cancer registries (covering 19% of Italian population) and estimated complete prevalence for Italy by using the CHILDPREV method, implemented in the COMPREV software. A total of 44,135 persons were alive at January 1st, 2010 after a cancer diagnosed during childhood. This number corresponds to a proportion of 73 per 100,000 Italians and to about 2% of all prevalent cases. Among them, 54% were males and 64% had survived after being diagnosed before 1995, the start of the observation period. A quarter of all childhood prevalent cases were diagnosed with brain and central nervous system tumors, a quarter with acute lymphoid leukemia, and 7% with Hodgkin lymphoma. Nearly a quarter of prevalent patients were aged 40 years and older. Information about the number of people living after a childhood cancer in Italy by cancer type and their specific health care needs may be helpful to health-care planners and clinicians in the development of guidelines aimed to reduce the burden of late effect of treatments during childhood.

Data di pubblicazione: 2017
Titolo: An estimate of the number of people in Italy living after a childhood cancer
Autori: Francisci, Silvia; Guzzinati, Stefano; Dal Maso, Luigino; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Buzzoni, Carlotta; Gigli, Anna; Rugge, Massimo; Bidoli, Ettore; Bucchi, Dania; Tagliabue, Giovanna; Fusco, Mario; Falcini, Fabio; Marani, Enza; Pannozzo, Fabio; Carrozzi, Giuliano; Mangone, Lucia; Sechi, Ornelia; Michiara, Maria; Spata, Eugenia; Ferretti, Stefano; Giacomin, Adriano; Maule, Milena; Gatta, Gemma; Capocaccia, Riccardo
Rivista: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
Parole Chiave: childhood cancer; incidence; Italy; prevalence; survival; Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Italy; Male; Neoplasms; Prevalence; Registries; Survival Rate; Oncology; Cancer Research
Abstract in inglese: Cancers diagnosed in children below the age of 15 years represent 1.2% of all cancer cases, and survival after a childhood cancer has greatly improved over the past 40 years in all high income countries. This study aims to estimate the number of people living in Italy after a childhood cancer for all cancers combined and for a selection of cancer types. We computed 15-year prevalence using data from 15 Italian population-based cancer registries (covering 19% of Italian population) and estimated complete prevalence for Italy by using the CHILDPREV method, implemented in the COMPREV software. A total of 44,135 persons were alive at January 1st, 2010 after a cancer diagnosed during childhood. This number corresponds to a proportion of 73 per 100,000 Italians and to about 2% of all prevalent cases. Among them, 54% were males and 64% had survived after being diagnosed before 1995, the start of the observation period. A quarter of all childhood prevalent cases were diagnosed with brain and central nervous system tumors, a quarter with acute lymphoid leukemia, and 7% with Hodgkin lymphoma. Nearly a quarter of prevalent patients were aged 40 years and older. Information about the number of people living after a childhood cancer in Italy by cancer type and their specific health care needs may be helpful to health-care planners and clinicians in the development of guidelines aimed to reduce the burden of late effect of treatments during childhood.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1002/ijc.30665
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2380551
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