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Incidence, Survival, Prevalence of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer in BC

Incidence, Survival, Prevalence of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer in BC. BCCA Annual Cancer Conference, Vancouver, November 27-29, 2003 Mary McBride, Cancer Control Research. Cancer in Childhood and Adolescence. 1% of all cancers in Canada are diagnosed in the age range 0-19 years

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Incidence, Survival, Prevalence of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer in BC

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  1. Incidence, Survival, Prevalence of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer in BC BCCA Annual Cancer Conference, Vancouver, November 27-29, 2003 Mary McBride, Cancer Control Research

  2. Cancer in Childhood and Adolescence • 1% of all cancers in Canada are diagnosed in the age range 0-19 years • improvements in treatment have increased survival to almost 80% (over 80% in BC) • 1 in 988 survivors in 1997; prevalence will increase as the cohort increases and ages • majority of those diagnosed before age 20 may have long term sequelae of treatment and disease

  3. Incidence (per million) by Age Group, Diagnosis

  4. Incidence by Gender andDiagnosis

  5. New Oncology Patients Referred to BCCH Annually 47 27 23 19 11 8

  6. Five-Year Survival (%), by Age Group, Gender, Diagnosis Period

  7. Five-Year Survival (%), 0-14 at Diagnosis, by Diagnosis, Gender, Diagnosis Period

  8. Five-Year Survival (%), 15-19 at Diagnosis, by Diagnosis, Gender, Diagnosis Period

  9. Prevalence of 5-year Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer

  10. Summary • There is a growing population in the community of survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer with increased risk of a number of long term health problems • There is much still not known about late health effects in this population • The extent of these problems is expected to grow as the survivor population ages and as treatments change

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