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Article

A Population-Based Study of the Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer: A Brief Report

by
R.S. Raju
1,
N. Coburn
1,*,
N. Liu
2,
J.M. Porter
2,
S.J. Seung
3,
M.C. Cheung
1,
N. Goyert
1,
N.B. Leighl
4,
J.S. Hoch
5,
M.E. Trudeau
1,
W.K. Evans
6,
K.N. Dainty
7,
C.C. Earle
1 and
N. Mittmann
3,8,9
1
Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
2
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
3
Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomics Research Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
4
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
5
Applied Research in Cancer Control, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
6
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
7
Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
8
Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
9
International Centre for Health Innovation, Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, London, ON, Canada
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Curr. Oncol. 2015, 22(6), 478-484; https://doi.org/10.3747/co.22.2653
Submission received: 10 September 2015 / Revised: 9 October 2015 / Accepted: 2 November 2015 / Published: 1 December 2015

Abstract

Objective: Administrative data are used to describe the pancreatic cancer (pcc) population. The analysis examines demographic details, incidence, site, survival, and factors influencing mortality in a cohort of individuals diagnosed with pcc. Methods: Incident cases of pcc diagnosed in Ontario between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2011 were extracted from the Ontario Cancer Registry. They were linked by encrypted health card number to several administrative databases to obtain demographic and mortality information. Descriptive, bivariate, and survival analyses were conducted. Results: During the period of interest, 9221 new cases of pcc (4548 in men, 4673 in women) were diagnosed, for an age-adjusted standardized annual incidence in the range of 8.6–9.5 per 100,000 population. Mean age at diagnosis was 70.3 ± 12.5 years (standard deviation). Five-year survival was 7.2% (12.8% for those 80 years of age). Survival varied by sex, older age, rural residence, lower income, site of involvement in the pancreas, and presence of comorbidity. Conclusions: The mortality rate in pcc is exceptionally high. With an increasing incidence and a mortality positively associated with age, additional support will be needed for this highly fatal disease as demographics in Ontario continue to trend toward a higher proportion of older individuals.
Keywords: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; retrospective analyses; population studies; outcomes Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; retrospective analyses; population studies; outcomes

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Raju, R.S.; Coburn, N.; Liu, N.; Porter, J.M.; Seung, S.J.; Cheung, M.C.; Goyert, N.; Leighl, N.B.; Hoch, J.S.; Trudeau, M.E.; et al. A Population-Based Study of the Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer: A Brief Report. Curr. Oncol. 2015, 22, 478-484. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.22.2653

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Raju RS, Coburn N, Liu N, Porter JM, Seung SJ, Cheung MC, Goyert N, Leighl NB, Hoch JS, Trudeau ME, et al. A Population-Based Study of the Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer: A Brief Report. Current Oncology. 2015; 22(6):478-484. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.22.2653

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Raju, R.S., N. Coburn, N. Liu, J.M. Porter, S.J. Seung, M.C. Cheung, N. Goyert, N.B. Leighl, J.S. Hoch, M.E. Trudeau, and et al. 2015. "A Population-Based Study of the Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer: A Brief Report" Current Oncology 22, no. 6: 478-484. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.22.2653

APA Style

Raju, R. S., Coburn, N., Liu, N., Porter, J. M., Seung, S. J., Cheung, M. C., Goyert, N., Leighl, N. B., Hoch, J. S., Trudeau, M. E., Evans, W. K., Dainty, K. N., Earle, C. C., & Mittmann, N. (2015). A Population-Based Study of the Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer: A Brief Report. Current Oncology, 22(6), 478-484. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.22.2653

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