title: Lifetime and age-conditional probabilities of developing or dying of cancer in Japan.
abstract: The concepts of lifetime and age-conditional probabilities of developing and dying of cancer are introduced as indexes to understand the risk of cancer. In this paper, we estimated the lifetime and age-conditional probabilities of developing and dying of cancer in 2001 and 2005, respectively, in Japan. It is estimated that one in two Japanese males and one in three females will develop cancer, and one in four Japanese males and one in six females will die of cancer. Moreover, the probabilities of developing cancer within specific decades of age are obtained as the short-term risks.
authors.affiliation: Division of Mathematics, School of Medicine Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sapporo Medical University,Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8543, Japan. kamo@sapmed.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamo
authors.forename: Kota
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katanoda
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marugame
authors.forename: Wakiko
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ajiki
authors.forename: Tomotaka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sobue
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D011336:Probability; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors