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. 2018 Aug;7(4):493-498.
doi: 10.1089/jayao.2018.0005. Epub 2018 Mar 22.

Cancer Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2014

Erin E Cook  1   2 , Annie MacMillan  2 , Susan T Gershman  2
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Cancer Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2014

Erin E Cook et al. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2018 Aug.

Abstract

This brief report describes the burden of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYAs), aged 15-39 years, in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2014 using data from the Massachusetts Cancer Registry and Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. In Massachusetts, 4.6% of cancer cases and 1.3% of cancer deaths occurred among AYAs. The incidence rate of cancer among AYAs was 77.6 cases per 100,000 and the mortality rate was 8.0 deaths per 100,000. The incidence rates of melanoma and Hodgkin lymphoma have been decreasing annually. The incidence rate of thyroid cancer has been increasing for females aged 15-24 years and males aged 25-39 years.

Keywords: epidemiology; melanoma; population surveillance; thyroid cancer.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors do not have any conflicts of interest and no competing financial interests exist.

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FIG. 1.
Trends in the truncated age-adjusted incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 of cancer in Massachusetts among AYAs aged 15–39 years, 2004–2014. (a) Incidence rates per 100,000 for five most common cancers. (b) Mortality rates per 100,000 for the leading five causes of cancer death. Incidence and mortality rates are age standardized to the truncated 2000 U.S. standard population. *Indicates a p < 0.05 for the APC, multiple annual percent change values are shown when the regression indicated a statistically significant breakpoint. APC, annual percent change; AYA, adolescent and young adult.
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