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  • Cancer Surveillance

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  • Cancer surveillance commonly uses age-period-cohort (APC) models to analyze incidence and mortality rates.
  • Analyzing rates across strata (e.g., sex, race/ethnicity) requires comprehensive characterization of APC estimable functions (EF).
  • Current methods for joint analysis and synthesis of APC EF are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel method for quantifying similarities and differences in APC EF across strata.
  • To introduce Comparative Age-Period-Cohort Analysis for joint analysis of cancer surveillance data.
  • To identify proportional relationships and pattern heterogeneity in hazard rates across strata.

Main Methods:

  • Developed Comparative Age-Period-Cohort Analysis to compare EF across strata.
  • The method assesses proportionality of stratum-specific hazard rates by age, period, or cohort.
  • Applied the method to US cancer incidence data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the ability of Comparative Analysis to identify similarities and differences in EF across strata.
  • Showcased the method's utility in detecting pattern heterogeneity between subsets of strata.
  • Presented examples including meningioma by sex, multiple myeloma by race/ethnicity, and melanoma by anatomic site.

Conclusions:

  • The new Comparative Age-Period-Cohort Analysis offers a comprehensive, coherent, and reproducible approach for joint analysis of APC EF.
  • This method is suitable for cancer surveillance studies with two to approximately 10 strata.
  • Facilitates a deeper understanding of cancer trends and patterns across diverse populations.