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Cancer in South Australia 2004


with incidence projections to 2007

A report on the incidence and mortality patterns of cancer Cancer Series Number Twenty Seven
South Australian Cancer Registry, Epidemiology Branch


Preface. Acknowledgements, Contents, Executive Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction
Cancer Surveillance in South Australia

Chapter 2: Cancer Prevalence by Regions
Factors contributing to prevalence, Five-year prevalence, Care prevalence, Contribution of cancer types to prevalence

Chapter 3: Survival of South Australian cancer cases diagnosed 1977-2003
Introduction, All sites, Prostate, Female Breast, Lung cancer, Colon, Melanoma, Rectum, Stomach, Diffuse Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas, Leukaemias, Bladder, Kidney & renal pelvis, Lip & Skin of Lip, Pancreas, Uterus, Brain, Cervix, Ovary

Chapter 4: Most common cancers in South Australia
Incidence, Mortality, Most common cancers by age, Age and sex differences, Risks of cancer

Chapter 5: Trends in cancer incidence and mortality
All Cancers Combined, Specific Cancers, Summary tables of male & female incidence and mortality in South Australia 2004

Chapter 6: Feature cancer sites
Prostate cancer, Melanoma, Breast cancer, Lung cancer, Colon cancer, Rectum cancer, Cervix cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Leukaemia, Ovarian cancer, Lip cancer, Brain cancer

Chapter 7: Melanoma of the Skin in South Australia
Location of Melanoma, Breslow Thickness and Level of Invasion, Regional Differences, Survival, Interstate and International Comparisons

Methods and terminology, Glossary, References, Selected published works using data from the SA Cancer Registry

Appendix 1: Site specific tables of incidence and mortality by age and sex

Appendix 2: Survival tables

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