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16523014

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Valid incidence rates of uveal melanoma (UM) from German population-based cancer registries are currently not available due to under-reporting. We conducted two case-control studies on UM at a reference centre for eye tumours and show the influence on population-based incidences of UM when data from case-control studies are linked with a cancer registry. The first case-control study (1996-1998) recruited 13 UM cases aged 35-74 years and the second case-control study (2002-2003) recruited 20 UM cases aged 20-74 residing within the population covered by the Münster Cancer Registry. After record linkage, age-truncated and standardized (World Standard Population) incidences with and without the record linkage were compared. Incidence rates based on routine cancer registration increased by a factor of 1.7 (1996-1998, age group 35-74 years) and 3.7 (2002-2003, age group 20-74 years) after record linkage with the case-control data. The supplemented age-standardized incidence of UM is 8.6 per million (20-74 years, 2002-2003) compared with the unsupplemented incidence of 2.3 per million. UM unknown to the registry were less often morphologically verified than those known to the registry. Cancer registries relying on pathology reports underestimate UM incidences if eye-preserving treatments are introduced. Close co-operation between cancer referral centres and cancer registries can substantially improve the completeness of registration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0959-8278
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Population-based incidence estimates of uveal melanoma in Germany. Supplementing cancer registry data by case-control data.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics, Medical Faculty, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany. andreas.stang@medizin.uni-halle.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't