Le point sur les tendances de l’incidence du cancer au Canada (1984-2017)
- DOI
- Language of the publication
- French
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Accepted manuscript
- Author(s)
- Demers, Alain A.
- Saint-Jacques, Nathalie
- Ellison, Larry
- Brenner, Darren
- Fitzgerald, Natalie
- Aziz, Samina
- Turner, Donna
- Publisher
- L'Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Abstract
This paper highlights findings on cancer trends from the Canadian Cancer Statistics 2021 report. Trends were measured using annual percent change (APC) of age-standardized incidence rates. Overall, cancer incidence rates are declining (−1.1%) but the findings are specific to the type of cancer and patient sex. For example, in males, the largest decreases per year were for prostate (−4.4%), colorectal (−4.3%), lung (−3.8%), leukemia (−2.6%) and thyroid (−2.4%) cancers. In females, the largest decreases were for thyroid (−5.4%), colorectal (−3.4%) and ovarian (−3.1%) cancers.
Subject
- Health
Rights
Pagination
340-345
Peer review
Yes
Open access level
Green
Identifiers
- ISSN
- 2368-7398
Article
- Journal title
- Promotion de la santé et prévention des maladies chroniques au Canada : Recherche, politiques et pratiques
- Journal volume
- 42
- Journal issue
- 7
Relation
- Is translation of:
- https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.42.7.04
Citation(s)
Demers AA, Saint-Jacques N, Ellison L, Brenner D, Fitzgerald N, Aziz S, Turner D. Le point sur les tendances de l’incidence du cancer au Canada (1984-2017). Promotion de la santé et prévention des maladies chroniques au Canada. 2022;42(7):340-345. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.42.7.04f