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Otto Visser

Researcher at VU University Medical Center

Publications -  264
Citations -  18801

Otto Visser is an academic researcher from VU University Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 53, co-authored 240 publications receiving 14262 citations. Previous affiliations of Otto Visser include Utrecht University & University Medical Center Groningen.

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Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries.

Claudia Allemani, +594 more
- 17 Mar 2018 - 
TL;DR: For most cancers, 5-year net survival remains among the highest in the world in the USA and Canada, in Australia and New Zealand, and in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, while for many cancers, Denmark is closing the survival gap with the other Nordic countries.
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Cancer incidence and mortality patterns in Europe: Estimates for 40 countries and 25 major cancers in 2018.

TL;DR: The present estimates of the cancer burden in Europe alongside a description of the profiles of common cancers at the national and regional level provide a basis for establishing priorities for cancer control actions across Europe.
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Cancer survival in Europe 1999-2007 by country and age: results of EUROCARE--5-a population-based study

TL;DR: The major advances in cancer management that occurred up to 2007 seem to have resulted in improved survival in Europe, although results for lung cancer in some regions (central and eastern Europe) might be affected by overestimation.
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International incidence of childhood cancer, 2001-10 a population-based registry study

Eva Steliarova-Foucher, +229 more
- 01 Jun 2017 - 
TL;DR: This unique global source of childhood cancer incidence will be used for aetiological research and to inform public health policy, potentially contributing towards attaining several targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.