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  • Area-based differentials in childhood cancer incidence in Australia, 1996-2006

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    Youlden, Danny R
    Baade, Peter D
    Valery, Patricia C
    Hassall, Timothy E
    Ward, Leisa J
    Green, Adele C
    Aitken, Joanne F
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Baade, Peter D.
    Youlden, Danny R.
    Aitken, Joanne
    Year published
    2012
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    Background International studies examining the association between the incidence of childhood cancer and characteristics of the area in which the patient lives have generally reported inconsistent patterns. Area-based differentials in childhood cancer throughout Australia have not been previously published at a national level. Procedure Population-based information from the Australian Paediatric Cancer Registry was used to identify all children aged 0- to 14-years old diagnosed with invasive cancer or intracranial and intraspinal tumors of benign or uncertain behavior between 1996 and 2006. Age-standardized incidence rates ...
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    Background International studies examining the association between the incidence of childhood cancer and characteristics of the area in which the patient lives have generally reported inconsistent patterns. Area-based differentials in childhood cancer throughout Australia have not been previously published at a national level. Procedure Population-based information from the Australian Paediatric Cancer Registry was used to identify all children aged 0- to 14-years old diagnosed with invasive cancer or intracranial and intraspinal tumors of benign or uncertain behavior between 1996 and 2006. Age-standardized incidence rates per million children per year and the corresponding incidence rate ratios were calculated, categorized by remoteness of residence and an area-based index of socioeconomic disadvantage. Results were also stratified by the most common types of childhood cancer. Results There was a significant, decreasing gradient in the incidence of childhood cancer as remoteness of residence increased. Children living in remote or very remote areas were 21% less likely to be diagnosed with cancer compared to children in major cities, mainly due to differences in the incidence of leukemias and lymphomas. This differential was no longer significant when only non-Indigenous children were considered. No clear relationship was found between incidence and socioeconomic status (SES) in contrast to similar earlier studies. Conclusions The findings by remoteness of residence are consistent with the lower incidence rates of cancer that are typically associated with Indigenous Australians. There is also a suggestion that the etiological factors associated with childhood leukemia and SES may have altered over time.
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    Journal Title
    Pediatric Blood & Cancer
    Volume
    58
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.23115
    Copyright Statement
    © 2012 Wiley Periodicals Inc. This is the pre-peer reviewed versionof the following article: Area-based differentials in childhood cancer incidence in Australia, 1996-2006, Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Volume 58, Issue 3, 2012, pages 390–394 which has been published in final form at dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.23115.
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Oncology and carcinogenesis
    Oncology and carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/66625
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