title: [Study on cancer incidence through the cancer registry program in 11 cities and counties, China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Aim of this paper was to explore the trend and characteristics of cancer incidence in 11 areas (5 cities and 6 counties) in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from cancer registries during 1988 to 2002 collected from the 11 cancer registry points were used to analyze the trends and characteristics of cancer incidence rates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 695 050 newly developed cancer cases in this study. The crude rate of incidence and the world age-adjusted incidence were 215.50/10(5) and 170.97/10(5) respectively. The leading cancer sites were lung, stomach, liver, esophagus, breast, colon, rectum, pancreas, bladder and leukemia. The sixteen key cancers accounted for 85.56% of all the cancer cases. The crude incidence rate of all cancers had been significantly increased from 1988 to 2002. Among them, prostate (185.48%) ranked the fastest growing one followed by cancers of the gallbladder, breast, colon, ovarian, lymphoma, bladder, pancreas, rectum, lung, leukemia and liver. The one that had reduced the most was cervix uteri (17.00%), followed by esophagus, stomach and nasopharynx.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Crude cancer incidence rate increased in the 11 areas in China from 1988 to 2002. The ranking of pancreas cancer, bladder cancer and leukemia came into the top ten. Even though the incidence rates of prostate and gallbladder cancer were relative low but had a fast increase. The results of this study provided a scientific base for the development of a better strategy on cancer prevention and control in China.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Wei-min
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Hong-jian
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiao-zhong
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tong-hai
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Xiang-hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Wan-qing
authors.initials: WQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Si-wei
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries; D055815:Young Adult