Lifetime and Age-Conditional Probabilities of Developing or Dying of Cancer in Japan

• Published in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology Vol. 38; no. 8; pp. 571 - 576
• Main Authors: Kamo, Ken-ichi, Katanoda, Kota, Matsuda, Tomohiro, Marugame, Tomomi, Ajiki, Wakiko, Sobue, Tomotaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.08.2008; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; age-conditional probability; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; developing cancer; dying of cancer; Female; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; life table; Life Tables; lifetime probability; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - mortality; Probability; Risk Factors; Survival Rate; Time Factors; Japan; age-conditional probability; dying of cancer; lifetime probability; developing cancer; life table

The concepts of lifetime and age-conditional probabilities of developing and dying of cancer are introduced as indexes to understand the risk of cancer. In this paper, we estimated the lifetime and age-conditional probabilities of developing and dying of cancer in 2001 and 2005, respectively, in Jap...