title: Epidemiology of hormone-associated cancers as a reflection of age.
abstract: In this chapter we review the epidemiology of hormone-associated cancers (prostate, breast, endometrial, ovarian, pancreatic and thyroid) paying special attention to the variability in the age patterns of cancer incidence rate over populations and time periods. We emphasize the comparative analysis of the age specific incidence rate curves as a valuable source of hypotheses about factors influencing cancer risks in populations in addition to the analysis of the age-adjusted rates.
authors.affiliation: Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. svo@duke.edu
authors.forename: Svetlana V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Ukraintseva
authors.forename: Konstantin G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Arbeev
authors.forename: Anatoli I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Yashin
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D003210:Concept Formation; D005544:Forecasting; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D009376:Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones