Roberta De Angelis, Elena Demuru, Paolo Baili, Xavier Troussard, Alexander Katalinic, Maria Dolores Chirlaque Lopez, Kaire Innos, Mariano Santaquilani, Marcel Blum, Leonardo Ventura, Keiu Paapsi, Rocco Galasso, Marcela Guevara, Giorgia Randi, Manola Bettio, Laura Botta, Stefano Guzzinati, Luigino Dal Maso, Silvia Rossi
BACKGROUND: Cancer survivors-people living with and beyond cancer-are a growing population with different health needs depending on prognosis and time since diagnosis. Despite being increasingly necessary, complete information on cancer prevalence is not systematically available in all European countries. We aimed to fill this gap by analysing population-based cancer registry data from the EUROCARE-6 study. METHODS: In this population-based study, using incidence and follow-up data up to Jan 1, 2013, from 61 cancer registries, complete and limited-duration prevalence by cancer type, sex, and age were estimated for 29 European countries and the 27 countries in the EU (EU27; represented by 22 member states that contributed registry data) using the completeness index method...
January 30, 2024: Lancet Oncology