儿童癌症发病率的种族差异
概括
全球癌症诊断在2020年达到1900多万,欧洲承受着相当大的负担. 儿童癌症 (年龄0-19岁) 仅占其中的一小部分,但与成人恶性瘤相比,它们具有不同的特征和死亡率.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 2020年,全球诊断出超过1900万例新的癌症病例,导致近1000万例死亡.
- 欧洲承担了不成比例的负担,占全球病例的22.8%,有440万例诊断和196万例死亡.
- 儿童和青少年 (0-19岁) 的恶性瘤约占所有癌症诊断的1%.
研究的目的:
- 突出2020年全球和欧洲癌症发病率和死亡率统计数据.
- 为了区分儿科和成人群体之间的癌症特征,包括发病率和死亡率.
- 确定不同年龄组中普遍存在的常见癌症类型.
主要方法:
- 对2020年全球癌症统计数据的分析.
- 欧洲与世界其他地区癌症发病率和死亡率的比较.
- 根据年龄组 (儿科与成人) 和癌症类型的癌症数据的分层.
主要成果:
- 在全球范围内,新确诊的癌症病例为19,292,789例,导致9,958,133例死亡.
- 欧洲报告了440万例新增病例和196万例死亡,占全球总数的22.8%.
- 儿童癌症 (0-19岁) 占发病率的约1%,与成人 (45%) 相比,死亡率显著降低 (15%).
结论:
- 癌症是全球主要的健康挑战,欧洲的病例集中在欧洲.
- 在儿科和成人群体之间,癌症发病率,死亡率和常见的瘤类型存在显著差异.
- 由于独特的疾病特征和治疗反应,对儿科瘤学的进一步研究是有必要的.
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