Trends in survival for both histologic types of esophageal cancer in US surveillance, epidemiology and end results areas
Trends in survival for both histologic types of esophageal cancer in US surveillance, epidemiology and end results areas
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10.1002/ijc.11029
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发表时间:
2003-05-20
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6.4
通讯作者:
Polednak, AP
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作者:
Polednak, AP
An analysis of temporal trends for esophageal cancer patients diagnosed in 1961–1996 in Sweden showed improvement in relative survival rates (RSRs), but data were not available on stage at diagnosis or on cancer-directed treatment. 1 The present report considers temporal changes in RSRs by histology for esophageal cancer patients in the United States. The National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program of high-quality cancer registries, established in 1973 and regarded as generally representative of the entire United States. 2 Data were obtained for the 9 SEER areas (Connecticut; Detroit, MI; Hawaii; Iowa; New Mexico; San Francisco–Oakland, CA; Seattle, WA; Utah; and, since 1975, Atlanta, GA). Patients with esophageal cancer as the first or only reportable cancer were identified, excluding those ascertained only by death certificate or autopsy.Using a computer program that includes mortality rates for the general US population (by age, sex and race), 3 RSRs at 1, 3 and 5 years after diagnosis in 1975–1979, 1980–1984, 1985–1989, 1990–1994 and 1995–1998 were obtained for squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus (defined by ICDO-2 morphology codes). 4 Confidence limits on RSRs were estimated as twice the SE (p 0.05). 3 RSRs by histologic group are not routinely included in SEER reports, 2 and a SEER monograph on histology included data for cancers diagnosed only through 1986. 4, 5 Another SEER study was limited to esophageal adenocarcinoma, showing slight increases in RSRs in the 1980s vs. earlier years. 6