Cancer Incidence and Incidence Rates in Japan in 2006: Based on Data from 15 Population-based Cancer Registries in the Monitoring of Cancer Incidence in Japan (MCIJ) Project

The Japan Cancer Surveillance Research Group estimated the cancer incidence in 2006 as part of the Monitoring of Cancer Incidence in Japan (MCIJ) project, on the basis of data collected from 15 of 32 population-based cancer registries. The total number of incidences in Japan for 2006 was estimated a...

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Published inJapanese journal of clinical oncology Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 139 - 147
Main Authors Matsuda, Tomohiro, Marugame, Tomomi, Kamo, Ken-ichi, Katanoda, Kota, Ajiki, Wakiko, Sobue, Tomotaka
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Oxford University Press 01.02.2012
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Japan - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Registries
Sex Distribution
Stomach Neoplasms - epidemiology
Japan
cancer registry
cancer incidence
incidence estimates
Japan
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Summary:The Japan Cancer Surveillance Research Group estimated the cancer incidence in 2006 as part of the Monitoring of Cancer Incidence in Japan (MCIJ) project, on the basis of data collected from 15 of 32 population-based cancer registries. The total number of incidences in Japan for 2006 was estimated as 664 398 (C00-C96). The leading cancer site was stomach for men and breast for women. Age-standardized incidence rates remained at almost the same level as for the previous 3 years.
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ISSN:0368-2811
1465-3621
DOI:10.1093/jjco/hyr184