title: Childhood Cancer Registry of the Province of Torino: survival patterns since 1967 and update of incidence rates.
abstract: During 1967-1981, the population-based Childhood (ages 0-14 years) Cancer Registry of the Province of Torino has recorded 1057 resident children with incident cancer. The life status of each child has been ascertained as of December 31, 1983. Sex- and age-specific incidence rates have been stable throughout the period. Annual mortality rates (per million) from leukemias (all types) decreased from 34.0 in 1967-69 to 19.4 in 1979-81. Correspondingly, the survival percentage cumulative of leukemic children at 3 years after diagnosis increased from 16 for children diagnosed in 1967-69 to 57 for those diagnosed in 1979-81. For other cancer types, no increases or debatable decreases in mortality rates and increases in survival rates were recognized.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Oncologia, Università di Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pastore
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Magnani
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ghisetti
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Terracini
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mosso
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zanetti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015993:Life Tables; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012042:Registries; D015996:Survival Rate