Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access originally published online on October 21, 2007
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2007 37(11):884-891; doi:10.1093/jjco/hym112
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© 2007 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research
Cancer Incidence and Incidence Rates in Japan in 2001 based on the Data from 10 Population-based Cancer Registries
1 Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Tokyo
2 Division of Mathematics, School of Medicine, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
For all reprints and correspondence: Tomomi Marugame, Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan. E-mail: tmarugam{at}gan2.res.ncc.go.jp
Received June 20, 2007; accepted June 25, 2007
The Japan Cancer Surveillance Research Group estimated the cancer incidence in Japan in 2001 on the basis of the data collected from 10 population-based cancer registries: Miyagi, Yamagata, Kanagawa, Niigata, Fukui, Shiga, Osaka, Okayama, Saga and Nagasaki. The methods of estimation and their limitations have been described in our previous reports (1–3). The number of incidences, crude rates, age-standardized rates and completeness of registration in 2001 are shown in Table 1, while the age-specific number of incidences and the rates according to sex and primary site are shown in Tables 2 and 3. The total number of incidence in Japan for 2001 was estimated to be 569 000. The time trends of age-standardized incidence rates for the major sites in 1975–2001 are shown in Fig. 1 (standard population: the world population) and in Fig. 2 (standard population: the 1985 Japanese model population). The leading site according to the age-standardized incidence rates was stomach for males and breast for females, as shown in Figs 1 and 2. The estimated cancer incidence data in Japan by sex, site, 5 year age group and calendar year during the period 1975–2001 are available on a website (http://ganjoho.ncc.go.jp/professional/statistics/statistics.html).
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The survey on cancer incidence in Japan was conducted with the contributions from the 15 registries: Miyagi (Dr D. Shibuya and Dr Y. Nishino), Yamagata (Dr A. Shibata), Chiba (Dr H. Mikami), Kanagawa (Dr N. Okamoto), Niigata (Dr K. Ogoshi), Fukui (Dr M. Fujita), Aichi (Dr K. Matsuo), Shiga (Dr K. Hayashi), Osaka (Dr H. Tsukuma), Tottori (Dr T. Kishimoto), Okayama, Saga (Dr K. Kosa), Nagasaki (Dr M. Soda), Kumamoto and Okinawa (Ms K. Nakahodo). The study was supported by the Third-term Comprehensive Ten-year Strategy for Cancer Control.
Conflict of interest statement None declared.
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