title: Cancer incidence and incidence rates in Japan in 2009: a study of 32 population-based cancer registries for the Monitoring of Cancer Incidence in Japan (MCIJ) project.
abstract: The Japan Cancer Surveillance Research Group aimed to estimate the cancer incidence in Japan in 2009 based on data collected from 32 of 37 population-based cancer registries, as part of the Monitoring of Cancer Incidence in Japan (MCIJ) project. The incidence of only primary invasive cancer in Japan for 2009 was estimated to be 775 601. Stomach cancer and breast cancer were the leading types of cancer in males and females, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Chuo-ku, Tokyo mhori@ncc.go.jp.
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.affiliation: Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.affiliation: Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.affiliation: Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Kota
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katanoda
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomotaka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sobue
authors.affiliation: Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Japan; cancer incidence; cancer registry; extent of disease; incidence estimates