Surgical patterns of care of pancreatic cancer. A French population-based study.

Introduction: Surgical resection is the standard recommended treatment in localized pancreatic cancer. The benefit of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is still debated. The aim of this population-based study was to describe the pancreatic cancer surgical management.

Impact of organized and opportunistic screening on excess mortality and on social inequalities in breast cancer survival.

In most developed countries, both organized screening (OrgS) and opportunistic screening (OppS) coexist. The literature has extensively covered the impact of organized screening on women's survival after breast cancer. However, the impact of opportunistic screening has been less frequently described due to the challenge of identifying the target population.

Access to primary care and mortality in excess for patients with cancer in France: Results from 21 French Cancer Registries.

Background: The impact of geographical accessibility on cancer survival has been investigated in few studies, with most research focusing on access to reference care centers, using overall mortality and limited to specific cancer sites. This study aims to examine the association of access to primary care with mortality in excess of patients with the 10 most frequent cancers in France, while controlling for socioeconomic deprivation.

Methods: This study included a total of 151,984 cases diagnosed with the 10 most common cancer sites in 21 French cancer registries between 2013 and 2015.

Socioeconomic Deprivation and Invasive Breast Cancer Incidence by Stage at Diagnosis: A Possible Explanation to the Breast Cancer Social Paradox.

In this study, we assessed the influence of area-based socioeconomic deprivation on the incidence of invasive breast cancer (BC) in France, according to stage at diagnosis. All women from six mainland French departments, aged 15+ years, and diagnosed with a primary invasive breast carcinoma between 2008 and 2015 were included ( = 33,298). Area-based socioeconomic deprivation was determined using the French version of the European Deprivation Index.

Multidimensional penalized splines for survival models: illustration for net survival trend analyses.

Background: In descriptive epidemiology, there are strong similarities between incidence and survival analyses. Because of the success of multidimensional penalized splines (MPSs) in incidence analysis, we propose in this pedagogical paper to show that MPSs are also very suitable for survival or net survival studies.

Methods: The use of MPSs is illustrated in cancer epidemiology in the context of survival trends studies that require specific statistical modelling.

The possible influence of third-order shim coils on gradient-magnet interactions: an inter-field and inter-site study.

Objective: To assess the possible influence of third-order shim coils on the behavior of the gradient field and in gradient-magnet interactions at 7 T and above.

Materials And Methods: Gradient impulse response function measurements were performed at 5 sites spanning field strengths from 7 to 11.7 T, all of them sharing the same exact whole-body gradient coil design.

Net survival in colon and rectal cancer by stage according to neoadjuvant treatment. A French population-based study.

Aim: Real-life estimations of survival by stage in colorectal cancer are scanty. We estimated population-based net survival by pathological stage and location, and for rectal cancer by patterns of evolution according to clinical and pathological stage with regard to neoadjuvant therapy.

Method: Age-standardized net survival was estimated on 19,630 colorectal cancers diagnosed between 2009 and 2015.

Socioeconomic and geographic disparities of breast cancer incidence according to stage at diagnosis in France.

Purpose: Low socioeconomic background (SB) has been associated with lower breast cancer (BC) incidence and higher BC mortality. One explanation of this paradox is the higher frequency of advanced BC observed in deprived women. However, it is still unclear if SB affects similarly BC incidence.

Cancer Survival and Travel Time to Nearest Reference Care Center for 10 Cancer Sites: An Analysis of 21 French Cancer Registries.

Background: The impact of several non-clinical factors on cancer survival is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of travel time to the nearest referral center on survival of patients with cancer.

Patients And Methods: The study used data from the French Network of Cancer Registries that combines all the French population-based cancer registries.

Is the Social Gradient in Net Survival Observed in France the Result of Inequalities in Cancer-Specific Mortality or Inequalities in General Mortality?

Background: In cancer net survival analyses, if life tables (LT) are not stratified based on socio-demographic characteristics, then the social gradient in mortality in the general population is ignored. Consequently, the social gradient estimated on cancer-related excess mortality might be inaccurate. We aimed to evaluate whether the social gradient in cancer net survival observed in France could be attributable to inaccurate LT.

Survival after breast cancer according to participation in organised or opportunistic screening and deprivation.

Background: Many studies have investigated the survival of women by comparing those who participated in organised screening with those who did not. However, among those who do not participate in organised screening, some women undergo opportunistic screening, but these women remain difficult to identify, particularly in France. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify opportunistic screening, and then to study survival after breast cancer separately according to participation in organised, opportunistic or no screening, and taking into account sociodemographic inequalities.

Is survival rate lower after breast cancer in deprived women according to disease stage?

Background: Socioeconomic deprivation has been associated with lower breast cancer (BC) survival, but the influence of stage at diagnosis on this association merits further study. Our aim was to investigate this association using the Loire-Atlantique/Vendee Cancer Registry (France).

Methods: Twelve-thousand seven-hundred thirty-eight women living in the area covered by the registry and diagnosed with invasive breast carcinoma between 2008 and 2015 were included in the study.

To what extent do age, stage and treatment influence survival after invasive cervical cancer: a French population-based study.

Purpose: In an attempt to understand why cervical cancer (CC) survival is decreasing with diagnosis period among older women in France, this study aimed to estimate the effects of main prognostic factors on net survival in CC according to age.

Methods: French cancer registries databases were used to retrospectively analyze women diagnosed with CC in 2011-2012. Net survival was estimated with the Pohar-Perme method and prognostic factors (socio-demographic, clinical variables, stage at diagnosis, therapeutic management) were analyzed with Lambert and Royston's flexible parametric model.

Care pathway of women with interval breast cancer in 2016, based on medico-administrative data.

Background: Since 2004, an organised screening programme (OS) for breast cancer has been in place for 50-74 years women who are not at an increased risk. Despite this, 17% of cancers diagnosed within 24 months following an OS mammogram are interval cancers (IC), diagnosed even though the OS had not reported cancer. After identifying IC from the French administrative healthcare database (SNDS), our objective was to describe the care pathways of women with IC in 2016.

Socioeconomic Environment and Survival in Patients with Digestive Cancers: A French Population-Based Study.

Social inequalities are an important prognostic factor in cancer survival, but little is known regarding digestive cancers specifically. We aimed to provide in-depth analysis of the contextual social disparities in net survival of patients with digestive cancer in France, using population-based data and relevant modeling. Digestive cancers ( = 54,507) diagnosed between 2006-2009, collected through the French network of cancer registries, were included (end of follow-up 30 June 2013).

How do age and social environment affect the dynamics of death hazard and survival in patients with breast or gynecological cancer in France?

Several studies have investigated the association between net survival (NS) and social inequalities in people with cancer, highlighting a varying influence of deprivation depending on the type of cancer studied. However, few of these studies have accounted for the effect of social inequalities over the follow-up period, and/or according to the age of the patients. Thus, using recent and more relevant statistical models, we investigated the effect of social environment on NS in women with breast or gynecological cancer in France.

Cancer incidence and mortality trends in France over 1990-2018 for solid tumors: the sex gap is narrowing.

Objective: To analyze trends in cancer incidence and mortality (France, 1990-2018), with a focus on men-women disparities.

Methods: Incidence data stemmed from cancer registries (FRANCIM) and mortality data from national statistics (CépiDc). Incidence and mortality rates were modelled using bidimensional penalized splines of age and year (at diagnosis and at death, respectively).

Effects of fertility on breast cancer incidence trends: comparing France and US.

Purpose: Breast cancer incidence rates are now higher in France than most other European countries as well as the United States (US). Increasing breast cancer incidence rates globally have often been attributed to declining fertility rates.

Methods: We compared temporal trends in breast cancer incidence in France and the US, and examined the extent temporal trends in national fertility rates can explain the temporal trends in breast cancer incidence.

Association of Mammography Screening With a Reduction in Breast Cancer Mortality: A Modeling Study Using Population-Based Data From 2 French Departments.

Meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials that started from 1963 to 1991 reported a decrease of breast cancer mortality, associated with mammography screening. However, the effectiveness of population-based screening programs conducted currently might have changed due to the higher effectiveness of treatments for late-stage cancers and the better diagnostic performance of mammography. The main objective of this study was to predict the reduction of breast cancer mortality associated with mammography screening in the current French setting.

Evaluation of long-term living conditions in patients treated for localised prostate cancer.

Purpose: To evaluate the evolution of living conditions (LC) in long-term survivors of localised prostate cancer 10 years after treatment compared with those of a same-age control group from the general population.

Methods: Two hundred and eighty-seven patients diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2001 were selected in 11 French cancer registries. They were matched with controls randomly selected for age and residency.