Survival analysis of childhood tumours: data from the Italian cancer registries.
This study shows the childhood cancer survival rates of 1,315 cases incident in the 1990-1994 period in Italy. The observed survival shows an increase over the previous period in almost all diagnostic groups. In particular, 5-year survival attained 72% overall, 78% for acute lymphatic leukaemia, about 100% for Hodgkin's disease, 70% for non Hodgkin's lymphomas, 64% for central nervous system tumours, 87% for retinoblastoma, 80% for renal tumours, 67% for hepatic tumours, 71% for bone tumours, and 70% for soft tissue sarcomas. Finally, the findings are comparable to those in other countries (USA, Great Britain, Australia, Slovakia) and they show a progressive improvement in survival.
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Registro dei Tumori Infantili del Piemonte, Unità di epidemiologia dei tumori, Centro per l'epidemiologia e la prevenzione oncologica, CPO Piemonte, A.O. San Giovanni, Torino. corrado.magnani@cpo.it
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012042:Registries; D015996:Survival Rate