Estimation of colorectal cancer prevalence in France.
The prevalence in France of patients with colorectal cancer was estimated using data from five population-based cancer registries. At the end of 1994, the number of cases diagnosed in France no more than 5 years before was approximately 95000, of whom 12180 had suffered metastasis and 9746 a local recurrence. This type of cancer is the most common in both men and women and these results enable the need for care or surveillance to be evaluated more accurately.
Colonna
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Registre des Cancers de l'Isère, 21 chemin des Sources, 38240, Meylan, France. registre.cancer.isere@wanadoo.fr
Grosclaude
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P
Launoy
G
G
Tretarre
B
B
Arveux
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P
Raverdy
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N
Benhamiche
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AM
Herbert
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Faivre
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012042:Registries; D016019:Survival Analysis