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Article, 2024

Progress against lung cancer, Denmark, 2008-2022.

Acta Oncologica, ISSN 1651-226X, 0284-186X, Volume 63, Pages 339-342, 10.2340/1651-226x.2024.26180

Contributors

Steding-Jessen, Marianne [1] Engberg, Henriette 0000-0003-1685-8434 [2] Jakobsen, Erik Hugger 0000-0002-0052-7705 [3] Rasmussen, Torben Riis 0000-0002-7030-9260 [4] Møller, Henrik [5] [6]

Affiliations

  1. [1] The Danish Clinical Quality Program and Clinical Registries (RKKP), Aarhus, Denmark. masted@rkkp.dk.
    2. [NORA names: Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  2. [2] The Danish Clinical Quality Program and Clinical Registries (RKKP), Aarhus, Denmark.
    3. [NORA names: Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  3. [3] Odense University Hospital
    4. [NORA names: Region of Southern Denmark; Hospital; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  4. [4] Aarhus University Hospital
    5. [NORA names: Central Denmark Region; Hospital; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  5. [5] Aalborg University
    6. [NORA names: AAU Aalborg University; University; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There has been marked progress against lung cancer in Denmark. To gain further insight into the different aspects of the improvement, we examined the stage-specific incidence rates, stage-specific survival and mortality rates. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used information from the Danish Lung Cancer Registry on date of diagnosis and clinical stage to calculate age-standardised incidence rates and patient survival by sex, period and stage. Information about age-standardised lung cancer-specific mortality rates by sex and period was extracted from The Danish Health Data Authority. RESULTS: Firstly, the decrease in incidence rates was due to a reduction in the rates of advanced stages. Secondly, there was a gradual increase in survival across all stages, and thirdly, the mortality rates gradually decreased over time. INTERPRETATION: The improvements in survival and mortality from lung cancer were due to decreasing incidence rates of advanced cancer and improvement in survival at all stages of the disease.

Keywords

Cancer Registry, Danish, Danish Health Data Authority, Danish Lung Cancer Registry, Data Authority, Denmark, Lung Cancer Registry, advanced cancer, advanced stage, age-standardised incidence rates, authors, cancer, cancer-specific mortality rates, clinical stage, decrease, decreasing incidence rates, diagnosis, disease, improvement, incidence, incidence rate, increase, information, lung, lung cancer, lung cancer-specific mortality rate, mortality, mortality rate, patient survival, patients, period, progression, rate, rate of advanced cancer, rate of advanced stage, reduction, registry, sex, stage, stage-specific incidence rates, stage-specific survival, survival

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