Gallbladder cancer in the Netherlands: incidence, treatment and survival patterns since 1989.

Background: To examine recent trends in gallbladder cancer (GBC) in the general population in the Western world, cancer registration data on GBC in the Netherlands were analyzed.

Methods: Trends in incidence, treatment and survival, according to gender, age and stage of disease, between 1989 and 2008 for 3,917 patients were studied. Rates were age-standardized to the European standard population (European Standardized Rates - ESR).

Hepatocellular carcinoma in a low-endemic area: rising incidence and improved survival.

Objective: To examine recent trends in incidence and outcome among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in an unselected population in Western Europe.

Methods: Data from the nationwide Netherlands Cancer Registry were used to estimate trends in incidence for all 6514 patients newly diagnosed with primary liver cancer between 1989 and 2009. Trends in incidence, treatment, and relative survival according to sex and age were estimated in 5143 patients with HCC, also using the European Standardized Rates (ESR).