头癌在欧洲的存活率:地理差异,时间趋势和长期存活率
G Gatta1, S Luttmann2, A Trama1
1Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Italy.
概括
头癌 (HNC) 的生存率有所改善,但在欧洲仍然存在显著的地理差异. HNC患者面临着因其他原因死亡的更高风险,这突显了对综合护理的需求.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 头癌 (HNC) 是一种罕见的,异质的恶性瘤,治疗方案不断变化.
- HNC的风险因素与其他疾病重叠,使患者的治疗和结果复杂化.
- EUROCARE-6项目提供了一个更新生存数据和了解HNC死亡模式的平台.
研究的目的:
- 更新欧洲头癌存活率的地理差异.
- 分析随着时间的推移HNC存活的趋势.
- 将非HNC死亡率纳入头癌患者的长期生存估计.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自欧洲99个基于人口的癌症登记处的587,358例初级HNC病例 (1998-2013年诊断).
- 估计相对存活率 (RS) 到15年,按性别,年龄,国家和诊断期分层.
- 通过使用注册死亡原因数据,评估非HNC原因的过度死亡风险.
主要成果:
- 总体而言,15年的HNC的RS在男性中为30%,在女性中为40%.
- 在2002-2013年期间观察到的5年RS显著改善,特别是在口腔喉和唾液腺瘤中.
- 显著的地理生存差异被发现,东欧和波罗的海国家有较差的结果. HNC患者的非HNC死亡风险是2.1倍的.
结论:
- 头癌需要复杂的治疗方法和集中式护理模式.
- 需要努力在欧洲参考网络框架内减少地理生存差异.
- 在HNC患者中,非HNC死亡风险增加可能源于与生活方式因素 (如烟草和酒精使用) 相关的并发症.
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