Publications by authors named "L Vilardell"
Registration of Urothelial Tumours in Cancer Registries: How to Improve and Make It More Useful?
Int J Environ Res Public Health
February 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study highlights the inconsistencies in how urothelial tumors (UTs) are defined and recorded across different cancer registries in Europe, making comparisons difficult.
- A survey sent to 91 registries reveals that while most record non-invasive bladder UTs, many fail to document critical information regarding invasive progressions and multimodal occurrences.
- The findings emphasize the urgent need for standardized registration rules to accurately reflect the incidence and survival rates of progressive UTs.
A population perspective on the use of external beam radiotherapy in Catalonia, Spain.
Clin Transl Oncol
December 2020
Purpose: To assess the use of external beam radiotherapy in Catalonia (Spain), overall and by health management area.
Methods: We assessed radiotherapy treatments in a cohort of patients diagnosed with cancer from 2009 to 2011, using the population-based cancer registries in Girona and Tarragona. Participants had to have a minimum follow-up of 5 years from the time the cancer registry database was linked to the catalan health service database for financing radiation oncology.
Introduction: Pediatric central nervous system tumors are one of the most frequent types of neoplasms in children but epidemiological data on these tumors have been sparsely reported in the medical literature.
Materials And Methods: We analyze the epidemiology of this type of tumors performing a retrospective population-based study in pediatrics and adolescent age in the population of Girona and compare them with series from Spain, Europe and worldwide. Cases were registered using the International Classification of Disease for Oncology, third edition and grouping according the International Classification of Childhood Cancer, third edition (ICCC-3).
Purpose: We aim to comprehensively describe the incidence and mortality trends of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in the Girona province, Spain (1994-2013) and to estimate the all-cause mortality excess risk of diagnosed women.
Methods: Age-standardized rates of DCIS were estimated between 1994 and 2013. Standard mortality ratios (SMR) and absolute excess mortality were calculated overall and by tumor and patient characteristics.
Introduction: We conducted a population-based study on the Girona Cancer Registry (Spain) for the period 1994-2013 to determine patterns of change in the incidence of melanoma, which is increasing in many countries, and patient survival in our geographical area.
Materials And Methods: Using the standard registration rules for cancer registries, we calculated crude and standardized incidence rates as well as their trends. We also analysed the observed survival, 1-year conditioned survival and relative survival at 3, 5 and 10 years.