Cancer Epidemiology Unit

About: Cancer Epidemiology Unit is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Cancer. The organization has 669 authors who have published 1725 publications receiving 93979 citations.

The attribution of lung cancers to asbestos exposure: a pathologic study of 924 unselected cases.

Abstract: We studied a series of 924 nonselected surgical cases of lung carcinoma (without occupational history in clinical records) by histologic examination and light microscopic determination of asbestos body (AB) concentration to determine cancers attributable to asbestos exposure. Lower lobes showed higher concentrations, but no significant associations were recorded between concentrations and histologic type of the lung carcinomas. Histologic asbestosis was demonstrated in 56 cases considered definitely asbestos-related. In 12 of them, the demonstration of asbestosis was attained only after repeated examination of additional sections, suggested by thefinding of more than 1,000 ABs per gram of dry weight (gdw), an indicator of occupational asbestos exposure. In the 56 cases, the media

Trends in childhood and adolescent cancer survival in Sweden 1960 through 1984.

Abstract: The temporal changes in childhood and adolescent cancer survival in Sweden 1960–1984 were analyzed. Complete follow-up through 1986 of 6 262 patients younger than 20 years at diagnosis revealed that the overall 5-year survival rates increased from 36.1 to 65.7% in males and from 43.6 to 73.6% in females. The temporal trends differed markedly between age groups and tumour sites and types. Over the study period, 5-years, survival for testicular cancer increased from 46.9 to 87.2%, kidney cancer, predominantly Wilms' tumour from 35.5 to 77.1% (with a higher rate of 89.1% in 1975–1979), Hodgkin's disease from 61.2 to 91.9%, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma from 32.5 to 76.6%, and all leukemias from 8.9 to 58.7%. Only a moderate improvement was noted for tumours of the bone, muscle and connective tissue, and survival rates for tumours of the nervous system remained largely unchanged. Our data reflect the remarkable therapeutic improvements that have occurred for cancer in the young and indicate that these improvements h...