title: Effect of hysterectomy on incidence trends of endometrial and cervical cancer in Finland 1953-2010.
abstract: The hysterectomy-corrected age-adjusted incidence rate of endometrial cancer was 29%, and for cervical cancer 11% higher than the uncorrected rate. Correction factors for such cancer sites are recommended for regular use. The levelling-off of the incidence of endometrial cancer appears to be an artefact caused by the increasing prevalence of hysterectomy.
authors.affiliation: Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, FIN-33014 Finland. riitta.luoto@uta.fi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Raitanen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pukkala
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anttila
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*