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. 2015 Dec;22(6):e478-84.
doi: 10.3747/co.22.2653.

A population-based study of the epidemiology of pancreatic cancer: a brief report

R S Raju  1 , N Coburn  1 , N Liu  2 , J M Porter  2 , S J Seung  3 , M C Cheung  1 , N Goyert  1 , N B Leighl  4 , J S Hoch  5 , M E Trudeau  1 , W K Evans  6 , K N Dainty  7 , C C Earle  1 , N Mittmann  8
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A population-based study of the epidemiology of pancreatic cancer: a brief report

R S Raju et al. Curr Oncol. 2015 Dec.

Abstract

Objective: Administrative data are used to describe the pancreatic cancer (pcc) population. The analysis examines demographic details, incidence, site, survival, and factors influencing mortality in a cohort of individuals diagnosed with pcc.

Methods: Incident cases of pcc diagnosed in Ontario between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2011 were extracted from the Ontario Cancer Registry. They were linked by encrypted health card number to several administrative databases to obtain demographic and mortality information. Descriptive, bivariate, and survival analyses were conducted.

Results: During the period of interest, 9221 new cases of pcc (4548 in men, 4673 in women) were diagnosed, for an age-adjusted standardized annual incidence in the range of 8.6-9.5 per 100,000 population. Mean age at diagnosis was 70.3 ± 12.5 years (standard deviation). Five-year survival was 7.2% (12.8% for those <60 years of age and 3.6% for those >80 years of age). Survival varied by sex, older age, rural residence, lower income, site of involvement in the pancreas, and presence of comorbidity.

Conclusions: The mortality rate in pcc is exceptionally high. With an increasing incidence and a mortality positively associated with age, additional support will be needed for this highly fatal disease as demographics in Ontario continue to trend toward a higher proportion of older individuals.

Keywords: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; outcomes; population studies; retrospective analyses.

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Probability of survival for patients with pancreatic cancer in Ontario by age at diagnosis.
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Probability of survival for patients with pancreatic cancer in Ontario by site in the pancreas, adjusted for age.
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Probability of survival for patients with pancreatic cancer in Ontario by year of diagnosis, adjusted for age at diagnosis.
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