[Decrease of frequency of male lung cancer in Umbria region. 1978-1982 and 1994-1999].

In Umbria, region of Central Italy, lung cancer is the leading cause of death due to cancer in males. The aim of this work is to highlight decrease of mortality from lung cancer in males in Umbria, in the last 20 years and to describe relationship among incidence, mortality and survival of this cancer. The incidence data derived from an ad hoc survey carried out over the period 1978-1982 and for 1994-1999 from the Umbrian Population Cancer Registry (RTUP).

[Survival of men with upper aerodigestive cancer in Umbria, Italy. 1978-82 and 1994-98].

The aim of this study is to analyze the upper aerodigestive cancer survival in Umbria, a central Italian region, in the periods 1978-82 and 1994-98. The cases' data diagnosed in the period 1978-82 were derived from an ad hoc survey carried out in Umbria and for the years 1994-98 from Umbria Population-based Registry (RTUP). In the period 1994-98 the relative survival has lightly improved compared with the previous one.

Incidence, mortality and survival trends of cutaneous melanoma in Umbria, Italy. 1978-82 and 1994-98.

Many studies have reported increasing incidence rates of cutaneous melanoma during the last 30-40 years; the highest have been observed in Australia and New Zealand (27.9/100,000 among males and 25.0 among females) and in North America (10.

A population survival model for breast cancer.

Breast cancer is a major health problem, and disease control depends on an effective healthcare system. A registry-based tool to monitor the quality of breast cancer care could be useful. The aim of this study was to develop a population survival model for breast cancer based on the Nottingham Prognostic Model (NPM).

[Trends in gastric cancer incidence, mortality and survival in the Umbria region of Italy. 1978-82 and 1994-99].

Gastric cancer, despite the decrease observed in the last 50 years, is yet the fourth cause of death for malignant tumor in Italy. Data from the Registro Tumori Umbro di Popolazione have been used to assess incidence, mortality and survival rates for this cancer over the period 1994-1999. The results have been compared with the data of an ad hoc study realized in the period 1978-1982 and with the ones of the other population-based cancer registries.