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Cancer Survival and Excess Mortality Estimates among Adolescents and Young Adults in Western Australia, 1982–2004: A Population-Based Study

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  • Fatima A Haggar
  • Gavin Pereira
  • David D Preen
  • C D’Arcy J Holman
  • Kristjana Einarsdottir

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Background: Data are limited on cancer outcomes in adolescents and young adults. Methods: Based on data from the Western Australian Data Linkage System, this study modelled survival and excess mortality in all adolescents and young adults aged 15–39 years in Western Australia who had a diagnosis of cancer in the period 1982–2004. Relative survival and excess all-cause mortality for all cancers combined and for principal tumour subgroups were estimated, using the Ederer II method and generalised linear Poisson modelling, respectively. Results: A cancer diagnosis in adolescents and young adults conferred substantial survival decrement. However, overall outcomes improved over calendar period (excess mortality hazard ratio [HR], latest versus earliest diagnostic period: 0.52, trend p

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  • Fatima A Haggar & Gavin Pereira & David D Preen & C D’Arcy J Holman & Kristjana Einarsdottir, 2013. "Cancer Survival and Excess Mortality Estimates among Adolescents and Young Adults in Western Australia, 1982–2004: A Population-Based Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(2), pages 1-8, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0055630
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055630
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