Trends in incidence of oesophageal and gastric cancer according to morphology and anatomical location, in Switzerland 1982-2011.

Feller, Anita; Fehr, Martin; Bordoni, Andrea; Bouchardy, Christine; Frick, Harald; Mousavi, Mohsen; Steiner, Annik; Arndt, Volker; Clough-Gorr, Kerri M (2015). Trends in incidence of oesophageal and gastric cancer according to morphology and anatomical location, in Switzerland 1982-2011. Swiss medical weekly, 145, w14245. EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag 10.4414/smw.2015.14245

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QUESTION UNDER STUDY/PRINCIPLES

This study aimed to evaluate trends in the incidence of oesophageal and gastric cancer by anatomical location and histology using nationally representative Swiss data.

METHODS

We included all oesophageal and gastric cancers recorded in 10 Swiss population-based cancer registries 1982-2011. We calculated age-standardised incidence rates (ASIRs) per 100 000 person-years (PY) (European standard) for both cancer sites stratified by sex, language region (German, French-Italian), morphology and anatomical location. To assess time trends, we estimated annual percentage changes (APCs) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).

RESULTS

ASIR of oesophageal adenocarcinoma increased in both sexes and language regions (p <0.001). The steepest increase occurred in males of the German-speaking region (APC 6.8%, 95% CI 5.8-7.8) with ASIRs of 0.8 per 100,000 PY in 1982-1987 and 3.9 per 100.000 PY in 2007-2011. Incidence of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma decreased significantly in males of both language regions by around -1.5% per year. In contrast, a slight but significant increase (APC 1.4%, 95% CI 0.3-2.4]) of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma was observed in females of the German-speaking region. We observed stable rates for cancer of the gastric cardia. The incidence of noncardia gastric cancer decreased substantially in both sexes and language regions (p <0.001).

CONCLUSION

In Switzerland, the incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma has risen whereas incidence of noncardia gastric cancer has decreased substantially as observed in other developed countries.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

UniBE Contributor:

Feller, Anita Katja, Clough, Kerri

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

1424-7860

Publisher:

EMH Schweizerischer Ärzteverlag

Language:

English

Submitter:

Doris Kopp Heim

Date Deposited:

22 Dec 2015 11:41

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:27

Publisher DOI:

10.4414/smw.2015.14245

PubMed ID:

26661828

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.74452

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/74452

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