Changing geographical patterns and trends in cancer incidence in children and adolescents in Europe, 1991–2010

New data from the Automated Childhood Cancer Information System (ACCIS), a project coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), reveal a continued increase in the incidence rates of cancer in children and adolescents across Europe during the period 1991–2010. The results, published in The Lancet Oncology, show an average annual increase of 0.5% in children (age 0–14 years) and of 1.0% in adolescents (age 15–19 years). The study includes data on more than 180 000 cases arising in 1.3 billion person-years, which were contributed by 53 population-based cancer registries in 19 countries.

Steliarova-Foucher E, Fidler MM, Colombet M, Lacour B, Kaatsch P, Piñeros M, et al., on behalf of the ACCIS contributors
Changing geographical patterns and trends in cancer incidence in children and adolescents in Europe, 1991–2010 (Automated Childhood Cancer Information System): a population-based study
Lancet Oncol. Published online 8 August 2018;
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30423-6

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