Lymphomas: Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
Results on lymphomas trend analysis carried out in the database of the Italian Network of Cancer Registries (pool AIRT) in the period 1986-1997 are presented. Hodgkin lymphoma (2,959 cases and 911 deaths included in the analysis) shows a decreasing incidence trend, statistically significant among males. Standardised mortality rates decrease significantly in both sexes, on an average of 7-9%/year. As regards non-Hodgkin lymphomas (16, 470 incident cases and 7,193 deaths), there is a significant increasing trend, in both sexes, both for incidence (more than 3 %/years) and mortality (about 2%/year).
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Registro tumonr della Provincia di Modena.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate