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  • 1*Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Italy; †Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy; ‡International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France; §AIRTUM database, Florence, Italy; ‖Tuscany Cancer Registry, UO di epidemiologia clinica e descrittiva, Istituto per lo studio e la prevenzione oncologica, Florence, Italy; ¶Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; #Department of Epidemiology, INMI "L Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy; **Romagna Cancer Registry, Cancer Institute of Romagna IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; ††Piedmont Cancer Registry, Oncology Prevention Center (CPO), Torino, Italy; ‡‡Registro Tumori Regione Liguria, IRCSS Azienda Università Ospedale San Martino-IST Istituto nazionale ricerca sul cancro e Dipartimento di scienze della salute, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy; §§Registro Tumori del Veneto, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS, Padua, Italy; ‖‖Milan Cancer Registry, Milan Health Authority, Epidemiology Unit, Milan, Italy; ¶¶Lombardia Cancer Registry, Varese Province, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy; ##Modena Cancer Registry, Department of Oncology, Hematology, and Respiratory Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; ***Ferrara Cancer Registry, Ferrara University, Ferrara, Italy; †††Brescia Health Unit, Cancer Registry, Brescia, Italy; ‡‡‡S.C. Statistica, qualità e studi clinici IRCCS, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy; §§§Parma Province Cancer Registry, University Hospital Parma, Parma, Italy; ‖‖‖Umbria Cancer Registry, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, and Public Health, Section of Public Health, Perugia University, Perugia, Italy; ¶¶¶Cancer Registry of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; ###Registro Tumori della Provincia di Trento, Servizio di Epidemiologia Clinica e Valutativa, Trento, Italy; ****Registro Tumori Piemonte, Provincia di Biella CPO, Biella, Italy; †††

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