Incidence rates of esophageal cancer in the world from the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents XI

In order to make of recent cancer incidence rates between Japan and other countries, we abstracted the age-standardized incidence rates (ASRs) by three age categories (0 –59, 60–74 and 75+) from the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Vol. XI (CI5) (1). International Agency for Research on Cancer provides the CI5 databases on the incidence of cancer recorded by cancer registries (regional and national) worldwide. We used ASRs from the following cancer registries: the United States of America, Beijing in China, Mumbai in India, Hiroshima and Osaka in
Source: Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research