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. 2018 Mar 30;49(1):16-22.
doi: 10.25100/cm.v49i1.3596.

Cancer incidence estimates and mortality for the top five cancer in Colombia, 2007-2011

Constanza Pardo  1 , Ricardo Cendales  1
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Cancer incidence estimates and mortality for the top five cancer in Colombia, 2007-2011

Constanza Pardo et al. Colomb Med (Cali). .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Objectives: To describe the incidence and mortality for the five main types of cancer in Colombia, from 2007-2011.

Methods: We estimated cases and cancer incidence rates standardised by age, based on incidence/mortality ratios; and we calculated the observed deaths and mortality rates standardised by age in Colombia, both differentiated by province, type of cancer and sex. Incidence estimates were generated based on information from four cancer population registries (Cali, Pasto, Bucaramanga and Manizales), published in Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, volume X, and the official mortality and population information of the National Administrative Province of Statistics (DANE, for its initials in Spanish).

Results: The annual number of expected cases (all cancers) was 62,818 in men and women; and there were 32,653 recorded deaths. The main incidental cancers were prostate (46.5 per 100,000 person-years) in men, and breast (33.8 per 100,000 person-years) in women. The highest mortality figures were for stomach cancer in men (14.2); and breast cancer in women (9.9).

Conclusions: The highest incidence and mortality estimates in Colombia were for breast and prostate cancers, as well as a proportion of infection-related cancers, such as stomach and cervical cancer. These four neoplasms were responsible for more than 50% of the burden of the disease. Only through good quality, long-duration cancer registries, can information be obtained about the changes in incidence trends.

Objetivos: Describir la incidencia y mortalidad para los cinco principales tipos de cáncer en Colombia, de 2007-2011.

Métodos: Se estimaron casos y tasas de incidencia de cáncer ajustadas por edad a partir de razones incidencia/mortalidad y se calcularon las muertes observadas y tasas de mortalidad ajustadas por edad en Colombia, ambas diferenciadas por departamentos, tipo de cáncer y sexo. Las estimaciones de incidencia se generaron con base en la información de cuatro registros poblacionales de cáncer (Cali, Pasto, Bucaramanga y Manizales), publicada en Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, volumen X, y la información oficial de mortalidad y población del Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE).

Resultados: El número anual de casos esperados (todos los cánceres) fue 62,818 en hombres y en mujeres y se registraron 32,653 muertes. Los principales cánceres incidentes fueron próstata (46.5 por 100,000 años-persona) en hombres y mama (33.8 por 100,000 años-persona) en mujeres. La mortalidad más alta en hombres se presentó en estómago (14.2) y mama en mujeres (9.9).

Conclusiones: Las estimaciones de incidencia y mortalidad más altas en Colombia fueron para los cánceres de mama y próstata, además de una proporción de cánceres relacionados con la infección como son el cáncer de estómago y de cuello uterino. Estas cuatro neoplasias fueron responsables de más del 50% de la carga de la enfermedad. Solamente a través de los registros de cáncer de buena calidad y de larga trayectoria podrá tenerse información sobre el cambio en las tendencias de incidencia.

Keywords: Colombia; cancer; epidemiology; incidence; mortality.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest for this study

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Figure 1 a-e. Cancer incidence and mortality, according to provinces, five main locations, Colombia, 2007-2011.
Figura 1(a-e)
Figura 1(a-e). Incidencia y mortalidad por cáncer, según departamentos, cinco principales localizaciones, Colombia, 2007-2011.
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