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Abstract

Survival statistics of 4135 incident cases of digestive system cancers in the Umbria region of Italy are reported. The original data are derived from an ad hoc survey carried out in the period 1978-1982. Observed and relative rates at 1, 5 and 10 years are presented separately by sex and age (< 60 and > or = 60 years). In both sexes there are very short survival rates for liver, bile duct and pancreas cancers, whereas about 50% of colon and rectum cancer patients survived at five years. About 20% stomach cancer patients survived at the same time. In males the survival rate for oesophagus cancer is close to 10%. The rates at ten years confirm the trend. Comparisons between sexes show that there is no significant differences in age at first diagnosis. Survival values are higher in females only for rectum cancers. In both sexes, for stomach, colon and rectum sites younger patients had a significantly longer survival than older ones.

Urinary Organ Cancer Survival in the Umbria Region (Italy): Follow-Up at Ten Years

“…The quality of data and the long-term follow-up with meaningful information are two important aspects of this study which make it possible to evaluate the effectiveness of control of the urinary organ cancer in the Umbria region and compare survival data with Italian and European registries [5, 6]. …”

“…However, during the period 1978–1982 an ad hoc survey was carried out [2], using the data of new cases obtained from case records of the hospitals in the region. The quality of the data was similar to that of registries [2, 5, 6, 7, 8]. Starting from the nominative data, the authors studied the survival rates in Umbria up to 10 years for 687 (566 males and 121 females) incident urinary bladder cancer cases, and 217 (137 males and 80 females) kidney cancer cases.…”