Titre : | Cancer registration in Belgium : experience from a melanoma registration programma in the province of East-Flanders. (2000) |
Auteurs : | L. BROCHEZ ; L. BLEYEN ; G. DE BACKER ; D. DE BACQUER ; M. HAELTERMAN ; J.M. NAEYAERT ; E. VERHAEGHE ; Department of Dermatology. University Hospital Ghent. BEL ; Department of Public Health. Ghent University. BEL |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Archives of public health (vol. 58, n° 6, 2000) |
Pagination : | 263-279 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Registre ; Programme ; Méthodologie ; Epidémiologie ; Incidence ; Evolution ; Homme ; Belgique ; Europe ; Etude comparée ; Cancer |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST hhR0x2n7. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Incidence rates reported by the National Cancer Registry were low compared to other European countries. Over the period 1989-1994 a decrease in reported melanoma incidence was observed, which was not reported in any other country and is most probably artificial. A melanoma registration programme in East-Flanders obtained a higher registration compared to the National Cancer Registry in females, especially in the age group |