Childhood cancer survival in France, 1990-1999.
The aim of this study was to describe the overall survival after childhood cancer in France using follow-up data from regional population-based registries. The survival of children (aged under 15 years) diagnosed with a cancer during 1990-1999 was analysed. For all cancers, the survivals were, respectively, 90.3% [89.4-91.3] at 1-year, 75.2% [73.8-76.6] at 5 years and 72.2% [70.7-73.7] at 10 years. During the 1990s, the average improvement in the 5-year survival was +1.2% per year. Adjusted for gender, age, area of residence and stage, children with cancer diagnosed between 1995 and 1999 had a 0.80 reduced risk of dying compared with those whose cancer had been diagnosed between 1990 and 1994. The increase of survival at the population level reflects a global improvement in childhood cancer care. The Paediatric Registries, in association with the French Society of Childhood Cancer, are now collecting data to quantify on a national basis the other events, at least relapse and second cancers.
Desandes
Emmanuel
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National Registry of Childhood Solid Tumours, CHU Nancy, Université Henri Poincaré 1, Faculté de Médecine 9, Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, BP 184, F-54505 Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy cedex, France. emmanuel.desandes@medecine.uhp-nancy.fr
Berger
Claire
C
Tron
Isabelle
I
Demeocq
François
F
Bellec
Stéphanie
S
Blouin
Pascale
P
Casagranda
Léonie
L
De Lumley
Lionel
L
Freycon
Fernand
F
Goubin
Aurélie
A
Le Gall
Edouard
E
Sommelet
Danièle
D
Lacour
Brigitte
B
Clavel
Jacqueline
J
D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*