Survival of children with liver tumours in Europe 1978--1989.
Hepatic tumours are rare in childhood. Within the frame of the EUROCARE II study, a total of 328 liver tumours in patients aged 0--14 years were reported during the period 1978--1989. The childhood cancer registries in UK and Germany contributed approximately a third of the cases each. Hepatoblastoma accounted for 71% of cases. The 5-year survival was 36% 95% confidence interval (CI) 28--46%, with no significant difference between the genders. Patients aged 10--14 years did worse, especially boys. Survival improved significantly during the study period. Survival in hepatocellular carcinoma was lower, 20% (95% CI 6--52%), and showed no improvement during the study period.
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Southern Swedish Regional Tumour Registry, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85, Lund, Sweden. torgil.moller@cancerepid.lu.se
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D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000401:mortality*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D018197:Hepatoblastoma / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate