Deteriorating stage profile of gastrointestinal cancer in Finland.

International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
Hannu PaimelaMustonen Harri

Abstract

The prognosis of patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer is mainly due to the stage of the tumor at the diagnosis. Regardless of several innovations in diagnostic and therapeutic gastroenterology, there is no longitudinal data of the trends of stage profile of patients with gastrointestinal cancer in Finland. To study the incidence by stage of GI cancer in Finland in the past 15 yr in the entire country as well as in two subpopulations with different population profile: in a population with a small number of residents over 65 yr of age (Jorvi district) and in a population with a large number of residents over 65 yr of age (Kanta-Häme district). The hospital discharge records of patients with upper or lower GI cancer between 1986 and 2000 were evaluated in Finland as well as in Jorvi and Kanta-Häme hospital districts. The data were obtained from the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, from the Centre of Statistics and from the Finnish Cancer Registry. The relative incidence of a localized esophagogastric cancer against more severe stages decreased from 37.9% to 29.3% in the entire country, from 40.8% to 19.1% in Kanta-Häme, and from 44.2% to 33.3% in Jorvi area. Respectively, the relative incidenc...Continue Reading

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