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1. Meeting the needs of cancer patients: is there a need for an organizational change?

Author

Foà C, Mancini T, Prandi R, Ghirardi L, De Vincenzi F, Cornelli MC, Copelli P, and Artioli G

Subjects
Cooperative Behavior, Female, Humans, Male, Professional Role, Delivery of Health Care, Integrated, Focus Groups, Neoplasms therapy, Organizational Innovation
Abstract

As stated in the literature the most important needs of cancer patients are not adequately meet. Improving information, communication and education provided have not led to incisive changes in the organizational model of the oncology departments. The study contributes to this direction, by planning an "Integrated Operating Point" (I.O.P.) dedicated to cancer patients and their relatives in Italy. 42 Some professionals, patients and relatives were involved and 42 of them participated in focus group/or interviews. Results of thematic content analysis allow us to sketch out some key elements that I.O.P. should have in order to support cancer patients and their families. Integration of services, continuity of care, and cooperation between professionals involved are key elements that might qualify such organizational development.

Published
2015

2. Meeting the needs of cancer patients: identifying patients', relatives' and professionals' representations.

Author

Foà C, Copelli P, Cornelli MC, De Vincenzi F, Fanfoni R, Ghirardi L, Prandi R, Artioli G, and Mancini T

Subjects
Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Social Support, Family, Family Relations psychology, Focus Groups methods, Health Services Needs and Demand organization & administration, Medical Oncology organization & administration, Neoplasms psychology, Professional-Patient Relations
Abstract

Background and Aim: The literature on cancer patients agrees that most of the cancer patients' needs often remain unmet. How are these different needs perceived by patients, relatives and professionals? The present research has tried to make a contribution by analysing evidences of the needs, especially unmet, that different actors attribute to a cancer patient., Method: A total of 42 Italian participants (76.2% women) took part in the study. Patients, relatives, physicians, nurses, social care assistants and volunteers participated separately in six focus groups. Three face-to-face interviews were conducted with psychologist, general practitioner and social worker. All focus groups/interviews were processed through an analysis of thematic content., Results: The results showed a priority given to the need for information, and also the importance of psychological and social support needs, confirming that they remain unmet. Differences between participants are visible by looking at the needs cited more frequently. For example, the oncologists are more sensitive to information needs related to the illness and its treatment, while the social worker cited the need for social, economic and legal assistance more frequently. The nurses highlighted the need for continuity of care, and the psychologists underlined the importance of psychological support, while the relatives cited the need of support both from and for families., Conclusions: RESULTS suggested that a comprehensive approach that addresses medical and psychosocial factors is needed. Cancer patients must be provided with a multidisciplinary survivorship care plan that addresses information related to their long-term care and identifies available psychological and social services.

Published
2014

3. [The degree of coincidence between the needs of cancer patients and the answers in the statutes of associations and dedicated health services].

Author

Copelli P, Foà C, Devincenzi F, Fanfoni R, Prandi R, Puddu M, Silvano R, Artioli G, and Mancini T

Subjects
Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Health Services standards, Health Services statistics & numerical data, Needs Assessment statistics & numerical data, Neoplasms therapy, Organizations
Abstract

Aims: The research took place in the northern area of Emilia Romagna, and aimed at investigating the needs expressed by cancer patients and those included in the goals of health services and associations dedicated to cancer disease., Method: The study involved 22 cancer patients (12 females and 10 males, mean age 55.36 +/- 10.7) through a semi-structured interview. Twenty-five Organizational Regulations and 17 Health Card Services of institutions dedicated to cancer disease were also analyzed., Results: The basic needs of cancer patients are rarely economic, legal, material and more often medical and psychological (e.g. psychological support, medical care and equal treatment, continuity of care in hospital and at home and information about diagnosis and treatment). The health services focus on the fulfillment of the needs of self-determination, dignity and respect for people, information on diagnosis and treatments, and of psychological support. The associations provide help through activities geared towards ensuring socialization opportunities (need for aggregation and company), support patients and their family and aim to be a connection in the continuity of care between hospital and home., Conclusions: While the aims of health services and associations are oriented to respond to many basic needs, some remain still unmet and others are not adequately considered (eg. need to return to daily lives). The offer, aimed to fulfill these need, could be enhanced through a network of synergistic partnerships between health services, citizenship and associations.

Published
2011

4. Italian cancer figures, report 2014: Prevalence and cure of cancer in Italy

Author

Adamo, M., Alessi, D., Aletta, P., Amodio, R., Andreone, S., Angelin, T., Anghinoni, E., Annulli, M., Arciprete, C., Artioli, M., Autelitano, M., Baili, P., Balducci, C., Baracco, M., Baracco, S., Battisti, W., Bella, F., Bellatalla, C., Bellini, A., Belluardo, C., Benatti, P., Benedetto, G., Benfatto, L., Bernazza, E., Bianconi, F., Biavati, P., Bidoli, E., Birri, S., Bizzoco, S., Bonelli, L., Bonini, A., Borciani, E., Bordini, M., Bovo, E., Bozzani, F., Braghiroli, B., Brucculeri, M., Brunori, V., Bucalo, G., Bucchi, L., Bugliarello, E., Bulatko, A., Busco, S., Busso, P., Buzzoni, C., Calabrese, A., Calabretta, L., Caldarella, A., Candela, G., Cannone, G., Canu, L., Caparelli, M., Capocaccia, R., Cappelletti, M., Caprara, L., Carboni, D., Carletti, N., Caroli, S., Cascio, M., Cascone, G., Casella, C., Castaing, M., Cavalieri, D., L, Cecconami, L., Celesia, M., Cena, T., Cercato, M., Cesaraccio, R., Chiesa, R., Cirilli, C., Cocchioni, M., Codazzi, T., Cogno, R., Colamartini, A., Colanino, Z., A, Cometti, I., Contiero, P., Contrino, M., Corbinelli, A., Cordaro, C., Corti, M., Costa, A., Costarelli, D., Coviello, V., Crapanzano, G., Cremone, L., Crocetti, E., Cuccaro, F., Curatella, S., Cusimano, R., D Alò, D., Dal, C., Dal, T., Cin, A., Dal, M., Davini, C., Dottori, D., De, M., Angelis, R., Santis, D., De, E., Valiere, E., Dei, T., Demurtas, G., Devigili, E., Felice, D., Di, E., Grazia, L., Gregorio, D., Di, C., Norcia, R., Prima, D., Dinaro, Y., Distefano, R., Doa, N., Domati, F., Fabiano, S., Facchinelli, G., Falcini, F., Falk, M., Fanetti, A., Fattoruso, S., Federico, M., Ferrari, F., Ferrari, L., Ferretti, S., Fidelbo, M., Filipazzi, L., Fiore, A., Fiori, G., Foca, F., Forgiarini, O., Foschi, R., Francisci, S., Frasca, G., Frassoldi, E., Fusco, M., Gada, D., Garrone, E., Gasparotti, C., Gatta, G., Gatti, L., Gaudiano, C., Gennaro, V., Gentilini, M., Gerevini, C., Ghilardi, S., Ghisleni, S., Giacomin, A., Giavazzi, L., Gigli, A., Gilardi, F., Giorgetti, S., Giorgi, R., P, Giubelli, C., Giuliani, O., Giurdanella, M., Gola, G., Goldoni, C., Golizia, M., Greco, A., Guarda, L., Guttadauro, A., Guzzinati, S., Iachetta, F., Iannelli, A., Ieni, A., Intrieri, T., Kaleci, S., Rosa, L., F, Lando, C., Lavecchia, A., Lazzarato, F., Rose, L., Leone, A., Leone, R., Lonati, F., Lucchi, S., Luminari, S., Macci, L., Macerata, V., Madeddu, A., Maffei, S., Maghini, A., Magnani, C., Magnani, G., Magoni, M., Mallone, S., Mameli, G., Mancini, S., Mancuso, P., Mangone, L., Manneschi, G., Mannino, R., Mannino, S., Marani, E., Marchesi, C., Mariani, F., Martorana, C., Marzola, L., Maspero, S., Maule, M., Mazzei, A., Mazzoleni, G., Mazzucco, G., Melcarne, A., Merletti, F., Merlo, E., Michiara, M., Migliari, E., Minerba, S., Minicuzzi, A., Mizzi, M., Monetti, D., Morana, G., Moroni, E., Mosso, M., Muni, A., Mura, F., Natali, M., Negrino, L., Nemcova, L., Nicita, C., Ocello, C., Pala, F., Palumbo, M., Panciroli, E., Panico, M., Pannozzo, F., Pascucci, C., Pasolini, A., Pastore, G., Patriarca, S., Pedroni, M., Perrotta, C., Pesce, P., Petrinelli, A., Petrucci, C., Pezzarossi, A., Pezzuto, L., Piffer, S., Pinon, M., Antonio Pinto, Pintori, N., Pirani, M., Pirino, D., Pironi, V., Ponz, D., Leon, M., Prandi, R., Prazzoli, R., Puleio, M., Puppo, A., Quarta, F., Quattrocchi, M., Ramazzotti, V., Rashid, I., Ravaioli, A., Ravazzolo, B., Ravegnani, M., Reggiani Bonetti, L., Ricci, P., Rinaldi, E., Rizzello, R., Rognoni, M., Rollo, P., Roncaglia, F., Roncucci, L., Rosano, A., Rossi, F., Rossi, G., Rossi, M., Rossi, S., Rossini, S., Rosso, S., Rudisi, G., Ruggeri, M., Russo, A., Russo, M., Sacchettini, C., Sacchetto, L., Sacco, G., Sacerdote, C., Salvatore, S., Salvi, O., Sampietro, G., Santucci, C., Scheibel, M., Sciacca, S., Sciacchitano, C., Sciacchitano, S., Scuderi, T., Sechi, O., Seghini, P., Senatore, G., Serafini, G., Serraino, D., Sgargi, P., Sini, G., Sobrato, I., Soddu, M., Solimene, C., Spano, F., Spata, E., Sperduti, I., Spinosa, S., Staiti, R., Stocco, C., Stracci, F., Sunseri, R., Sutera, S., Tagliabue, G., Tamburo, L., Tamburrino, S., Taranto, V., Terracini, B., Tisano, F., Tittarelli, A., Tognazzo, S., Torrisi, A., Traina, A., Trama, A., Trapani, C., Tschugguel, B., Tumino, R., Usala, M., Vacirca, S., Valerio, O., Valla, K., Varvarà, M., Vasquez, E., Vassante, B., Vattiato, R., Vercelli, M., Vercellino, P., Vicentini, M., Villa, M., Virdone, S., Francesco Vitale, Vitale, M., Vitali, B., Vitali, M., Vitarelli, S., Zanchi, A., Zanetti, R., Zani, G., Zanier, L., Zappa, M., Zarcone, M., Zevola, A., Zorzi, M., Zucchetto, A., Zucchi, A., Adamo, MS, Alessi, D, Aletta, P, Amodio, R, Andreone, S, Angelin, T, Anghinoni, E, Annulli, ML, Arciprete, C, Artioli, ME, Autelitano, M, Baili, P, Balducci, C, Baracco, M, Baracco, S, Battisti, W, Bella, F, Bellatalla, C, Bellini, A, Belluardo, C, Benatti, P, Benedetto, G, Benfatto, L, Bernazza, E, Bianconi, F, Biavati, P, Bidoli, E, Birri, S, Bizzoco, S, Bonelli, L, Bonini, A, Borciani, E, Bordini, M, Bovo, E, Bozzani, F, Braghiroli, B, Brucculeri, MA, Brunori, V, Bucalo, G, Bucchi, L, Bugliarello, E, Bulatko, A, Busco, S, Busso, P, Buzzoni, C, Calabrese, A, Calabretta, L, Caldarella, A, Candela, G, Cannone, G, Canu, L, Caparelli, M, Capocaccia, R, Cappelletti, M, Caprara, L, Carboni, D, Carletti, N, Caroli, S, Cascio, MA, Cascone, G, Casella, C, Castaing, M, Cavalieri, d'Oro, L, Cecconami, L, Celesia, MV, Cena, T, Cercato, MC, Cesaraccio, R, Chiesa, R, Cirilli, C, Cocchioni, M, Codazzi, T, Cogno, R, Colamartini, A, Colanino, Ziino, A, Cometti, I, Contiero, P, Contrino, ML, Corbinelli, A, Cordaro, C, Corti, M, Costa, A, Costarelli, D, Coviello, V, Crapanzano, G, Cremone, L, Crocetti, E, Cuccaro, F, Curatella, S, Cusimano, R, D'Alò, D, Dal, Cappello, T, Dal, Cin, A, Dal, Maso, L, Davini, C, De, Dottori, M, De, Angelis, R, De, Santis, E, De, Valiere, E, Dei, Tos, AP, Demurtas, G, Devigili, E, Di, Felice, E, di, Grazia, L, Di, Gregorio, C, di, Norcia, R, Di, Prima, A, Dinaro, Y, Distefano, R, Doa, N, Domati, F, Fabiano, S, Facchinelli, G, Falcini, F, Falk, M, Fanetti, AC, Fattoruso, S, Federico, M, Ferrari, F, Ferrari, L, Ferretti, S, Fidelbo, M, Filipazzi, L, Fiore, AR, Fiori, G, Foca, F, Forgiarini, O, Foschi, R, Francisci, S, Frasca, G, Frassoldi, E, Fusco, M, Gada, D, Garrone, E, Gasparotti, C, Gatta, G, Gatti, L, Gaudiano, C, Gennaro, V, Gentilini, MA, Gerevini, C, Ghilardi, S, Ghisleni, S, Giacomin, A, Giavazzi, L, Gigli, A, Gilardi, F, Giorgetti, S, Giorgi, Rossi, P, Giubelli, C, Giuliani, O, Giurdanella, MC, Gola, G, Goldoni, CA, Golizia, MG, Greco, A, Guarda, L, Guttadauro, A, Guzzinati, S, Iachetta, F, Iannelli, A, Ieni, A, Intrieri, T, Kaleci, S, La, Rosa, F, Lando, C, Lavecchia, AM, Lazzarato, F, Le, Rose, L, Leone, A, Leone, R, Lonati, F, Lucchi, S, Luminari, S, Macci, L, Macerata, V, Madeddu, A, Maffei, S, Maghini, A, Magnani, C, Magnani, G, Magoni, M, Mallone, S, Mameli, G, Mancini, S, Mancuso, P, Mangone, L, Manneschi, G, Mannino, R, Mannino, S, Marani, E, Marchesi, C, Mariani, F, Martorana, C, Marzola, L, Maspero, S, Maule, M, Mazzei, A, Mazzoleni, G, Mazzucco, G, Melcarne, A, Merletti, F, Merlo, E, Michiara, M, Migliari, E, Minerba, S, Minicuzzi, A, Mizzi, M, Monetti, D, Morana, G, Moroni, E, Mosso, ML, Muni, A, Mura, F, Natali, M, Negrino, L, Nemcova, L, Nicita, C, Ocello, C, Pala, F, Palumbo, M, Panciroli, E, Panico, M, Pannozzo, F, Pascucci, C, Pasolini, A, Pastore, G, Patriarca, S, Pedroni, M, Perrotta, C, Pesce, P, Petrinelli, AM, Petrucci, C, Pezzarossi, A, Pezzuto, L, Piffer, S, Pinon, M, Pinto, A, Pintori, N, Pirani, M, Pirino, D, Pironi, V, Ponz, de, Leon, M, Prandi, R, Prazzoli, R, Puleio, M, Puppo, A, Quarta, F, Quattrocchi, M, Ramazzotti, V, Rashid, I, Ravaioli, A, Ravazzolo, B, Ravegnani, M, Reggiani-Bonetti, L, Ricci, P, Rinaldi, E, Rizzello, R, Rognoni, M, Rollo, PC, Roncaglia, F, Roncucci, L, Rosano, A, Rossi, F, Rossi, G, Rossi, M, Rossi, S, Rossini, S, Rosso, S, Rudisi, G, Ruggeri, MG, Russo, AG, Russo, M, Sacchettini, C, Sacchetto, L, Sacco, G, Sacerdote, C, Salvatore, S, Salvi, O, Sampietro, G, Santucci, C, Scheibel, M, Sciacca, S, Sciacchitano, C, Sciacchitano, S, Scuderi, T, Sechi, O, Seghini, P, Senatore, G, Serafini, G, Serraino, D, Sgargi, P, Sini, GM, Sobrato, I, Soddu, M, Solimene, C, Spano, F, Spata, E, Sperduti, I, Spinosa, S, Staiti, R, Stocco, C, Stracci, F, Sunseri, R, Sutera, Sardo, A, Tagliabue, G, Tamburo, L, Tamburrino, S, Taranto, V, Terracini, B, Tisano, F, Tittarelli, A, Tognazzo, S, Torrisi, A, Traina, A, Trama, A, Trapani, C, Tschugguel, B, Tumino, R, Usala, M, Vacirca, S, Valerio, O, Valla, K, Varvarà, M, Vasquez, E, Vassante, B, Vattiato, R, Vercelli, M, Vercellino, PC, Vicentini, M, Villa, M, Virdone, S, Vitale, F, Vitale, MF, Vitali, B, Vitali, ME, Vitarelli, S, Zanchi, A, Zanetti, R, Zani, G, Zanier, L, Zappa, M, Zarcone, M, Zevola, A, Zorzi, M, Zucchetto, A, and Zucchi, A

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Aged, 80 and over, Male, Medicine (all), Aged, Female, Humans, Italy, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Prevalence, Registries, Survival Rate, Socio-culturale, Settore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicata, 80 and over, cancer prevalence, cancer incidence, cancer in Italy
Abstract

This Report intends to estimate the total number of people still alive in 2010 after cancer diagnosis in Italy, regardless of the time since diagnosis, and to project these estimates to 2015. This study is also aimed to estimate the number of already cured cancer patients, whose mortality rates have become undistinguishable from that of the general population of the same age and sex.The study took advantage of the information from the AIRTUM database, which included 29 Cancer Registries (covering 21 million people, 35% of the Italian population). A total of 1,624,533 cancer cases diagnosed between 1976 and 2009 contributed to the study. For each registry, the observed prevalence was calculated. Prevalence for lengths of time exceeding the maximum duration of the registration and of the complete prevalence were derived by applying an estimated correction factor, the completeness index. This index was estimated by means of statistical regression models using cancer incidence and survival data available in registries with 18 years of observation or more. For 50 types or combinations of neoplasms, complete prevalence was estimated at 1.1.2010 as an absolute number and as a proportion per 100,000 inhabitants by sex, age group, area of residence, and years since diagnosis. Projections of complete prevalence for 1.1.2015 were computed under the assumption of a linear trend of the complete prevalence observed until 2010. Validated mixture cure models were used to estimate: the cure fraction, that is the proportion of patients who, starting from the time of diagnosis, are expected to reach the same mortality rate of the general population; the conditional relative survival (CRS), that is the cumulative probability of surviving some additional years, given that patients already survived a certain number of years; the time to cure, that is the number of years necessary so that conditional survival in the following five years (5-year CRS) exceeds the conventional threshold of 95% (i.e., mortality rates in cancer patients become undistinguishable compared to those of the general population); the proportion of patients already cured, i.e., people alive since a number of years exceeding time to cure.As of 1.1.2010, it was estimated that 2,587,347 people were alive after a cancer diagnosis, corresponding to 4.4% of the Italian population. A relevant geographical heterogeneity emerged, with a prevalence above 5% in northern registries and below 4% in southern areas. Men were 45% of the total (1,154,289) and women 55% (1,433,058). In the population aged 75 years or more, the proportions of prevalent cases were 20% in males and 13% in females, 11% between 60 and 74 years of age in both sexes. Nearly 600,000 Italian women were alive after a breast cancer diagnosis (41% of all women with this neoplasm), followed by women with cancers of the colon rectum (12%), corpus uteri (7%), and thyroid (6%). In men, 26% of prevalent cases (295,624) were patients with prostate cancer, 16% with either bladder or colon rectum cancer. The projections for 1.1.2015 are of three million (3,036,741) people alive after a cancer diagnosis, 4.9% of the Italian population; with a 20% increase for males and 15% for females, compared to 2010. The cure fractions were heterogeneous according to cancer type and age. Estimates obtained as the sum of cure fractions for all cancer types showed that more than 60% of patients diagnosed below the age of 45 years will reach the same mortality rate of the general population. This proportion decreased with increasing age and it was30% for cancer diagnosed after the age of 74 years. It was observed that 60% of all prevalent cases (1,543,531 people or 2.6% of overall Italian population) had been diagnosed5 years earlier (long-term survivors). Time to cure (5-year CRS95%) was reached in10 years by patients with cancers of the stomach, colon rectum, pancreas, corpus and cervix uteri, brain, and Hodgkin lymphoma. Mortality rates similar to the ones reported by the general population were reached after approximately 20 years for breast and prostate cancer patients. Five-year CRS remained95% for25 years after cancer diagnosis in patients with liver and larynx cancers, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma, and leukaemia. Time to cure was reached by 27% (20% in men and 33% in women) of all people living after a cancer diagnosis, defined as already cured.The study showed a steady increase over time (nearly +3% per year) of prevalent cases in Italy. A quarter of Italian cancer patients alive in 2010 can be considered as already cured. The AIRTUM Report 2014 describes characteristics of cancer patients and former-patients for 50 cancer types or combinations by sex and age. This detailed information promotes the conduction of studies aimed at expanding the current knowledge on the quality of life of these patients during and after the active phase of treatments (prevalence according to health status), on the long-term effects of treatments (in particular for paediatric patients), on the cost profile of cancer patients, and on rare tumours. All these observations have a high potential impact on health planning, clinical practice, and, most of all, patients' perspective.

Published
2014

5. Italian cancer figures, report 2012: Cancer in children and adolescents

Author

Pisani, P, Buzzoni, C, Crocetti, E, Maso, Ld, Rondelli, R, Alessi, D, Aricò, M, Bidoli, E, Ferrari, A, Fusco, M, Gatta, G, Guzzinati, S, Jankovic, M, Locatelli, F, Maule, M, Mosso, Ml, Pastore, G, Pession, A, Rashid, I, Sacerdote, C, Terracini, B, Tognazzo, S, Trama, A, Ferretti, S, Porta, F, Mazzoleni, G, Tschugguel, B, De Valiere, E, Facchinelli, G, Falk, M, Cappello, Td, Giacomin, A, Vercellino, Pc, Andreone, S, Marzola, L, Migliari, E, Carletti, N, Nenci, I, Caldarella, A, Corbinelli, A, Intrieri, T, Manneschi, G, Nemcova, L, Ocello, C, Sacchettini, C, Zappa, M, Paci, E, Serraino, D, Angelin, T, Birri, S, De Dottori, M, De Santis, E, Forgiarini, O, Zucchetto, A, Zanier, L, Vercelli, M, Orengo, Ma, Casella, C, Marani, E, Puppo, A, Celesia, Mv, Cogno, R, Levrieri, I, Manenti, S, Garrone, E, Quaglia, A, Pannozzo, F, Busco, S, Ramazzotti, V, Cercato, Mc, Battisti, W, Sperduti, I, Macci, L, Bugliarello, E, Valerio, O, Bernazza, E, Tamburo, L, Rossi, M, Curatella, S, Tamburrino, S, 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Muni, A, Mizzi, M, Russo, M, Sacco, G, Aletta, P, Ziino, Ac, Tessandori, R, Fanetti, Ac, Maspero, S, Cecconami, L, Annulli, Ml, Moroni, E, Gonzalez, Me, Zanetti, R, Rosso, S, Patriarca, S, Prandi, R, Sobrato, I, Gilardi, F, Busso, P, Piffer, S, Rizzello, R, Gentilini, Ma, Cappelletti, M, Rosa, Fl, Stracci, F, D'Alò, D, Scheibel, M, Costarelli, D, Spano, F, Rossini, S, Santucci, C, Petrinelli, Am, Solimene, C, Bianconi, F, Brunori, V, Crosignani, P, Tagliabue, G, Contiero, P, Preto, L, Tittarelli, A, Maghini, A, Codazzi, T, Frassoldi, E, Gada, D, Costa, E, Grazia, Ld, Zambon, P, Baracco, M, Bovo, E, Cin, Ad, Fiore, Ar, Greco, A, Monetti, D, Rosano, A, Stocco, C, Donato, F, Limina, Rm, Adorni, A, Andreis, P, Zani, G, Piovani, F, Salvi, O, Puleio, M, Vitarelli, S, Candela, G, Pappalardo, G, Scuderi, T, Lottero, B, Ribaudo, M, Ricci, P, Guarda, L, Gatti, L, Bozzeda, A, Dall'Acqua, M, Pironi, V, Sardo, As, Mazzei, A, Sirianni, N, Lavecchia, Am, Mancuso, P, Vitale, F, Cusimano, R, Amodio, R, 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Male, Parents, cancer incidence, Adolescent, Epidemiology, Aftercare, cancer in adolescents, Young Adult, children, Neoplasms, cancer in children, Italian population, cancer, Cluster Analysis, Humans, Registries, Survivors, Age of Onset, Mortality, Child, cancer survival, Incidence, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infant, Newborn, Disease Management, Infant, pediatric, Survival Rate, Italy, Child, Preschool, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Female, Public Health, Morbidity, Forecasting
Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study describes up-to-date cancer incidence and survival in Italian paediatric and adolescent patients, based on data collected by the network of Italian cancer registries (AIRTUM). It updates the monograph published on the same topic in 2008. The main objective of this monograph is to present the statistics according to standard rigorous epidemiological methods and disseminate them to a wide range of readers, including the lay public. Given the deep impact of the 2008 monograph on the general public, in this update we complement descriptive statistics with additional data and commentaries on issues of importance for public health, in order to provide unambiguous criteria on how to interpret the statistics. The study is the result of the collaboration between AIRTUM and AIEOP (Italian Association of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology) with contributions from interested parties, including representatives of parent associations. The monograph is divided into three parts. The first part presents incidence rates, survival probabilities, and time trends, by sex, age, geographical area, and cancer site or type, by means of tables and graphs as in the previous monograph, to facilitate direct comparisons. Four articles summarize and comment the results. The second part uses data from AIRTUM and AIEOP to outline patient management and health care issues; it includes estimates of the number of new cases in the next decade and of young adults living after a paediatric cancer diagnosis. Health organizational aspects of treatment services for paediatric patients, based on the AIEOP database, are also discussed, along with long-term complications in cured patients. The third section describes the changes in mortality trends due to improving therapies and healthcare services, and discusses risk factors and prevention of childhood cancer, late adverse events in cured patients, and other related issues. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data herein presented were provided by AIRTUM population-based cancer registries, covering 47%of the Italian population below age 20 years, in the period 2003-2008. Quality of cancer registration in Italy is elevated, with high proportions of microscopically verified diagnoses (91%in the 0-14 years age group and 96% between 15 and 19 years of age) and a very small proportion of cases collected through death certificate only (0.1%).The proportion of cases in diagnostic groups XI (other malignant epithelial neoplasms) and XII (other and unspecified neoplasms) of the International Classification for Childhood Cancer (ICCC), based on the third revision of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O-3), were 7.0% in the 0-14 years age group and 26.0%in the 15-19 years age group.The ratio between mortality and incidence was 17.7% in both children and adolescents. Detailed results are presented in 24 fact sheets for the 12 major ICCC-3 diagnostic groups and 10 sub-groups of special interest; the series is completed by a sheet on all malignant tumours and one on all tumours including non-malignant neoplasms of the central nervous system. All sheets include results for three age groups (0-14, 15-19, and 0-19 years) and are followed by two commentaries on incidence in the recent period, one on trends and the other on survival. Incidence rates were age-standardized on the European population and presented per million children. Incidence rates are also presented by age group, sex, and geographical area. Incidence trends were evaluated for two periods, 1988-2008 and 1998-2008, using estimated annual percent changes, and survival estimates were calculated by age and period. Indicators and corresponding 95% confidence intervals are shown in forms of graphics and tables at the end of the monograph and online at http://www.registri-tumori.it. Geographical analyses were conducted rearranging cancer registries into four macroareas (North-West, North-East, Centre, and South and Islands). Age groups were the same used in descriptive studies on children worldwide (0, 1-4, 5-9, 10- 14 years for paediatric tumours and 15-19 years for adolescents). Incidence trend analyses included cancer registries with three or more years of registration in the 5-year period, using Poisson regression models. Observed survival was computed according to the Kaplan-Meier method. The estimate of expected cases in the next decade was based on observed incidence rates in the most recent period, extended to the Italian estimated population of children and adolescents in the periods 2011-2015 and 2016-2020. The AIEOP database (Modello 1.01) allowed us to compare the number of patients treated and followed-up in specialized centres with expected cases based on AIRTUM estimates. The AIEOP database also provided information regarding health care migration throughout Italian regions and the number of foreign (immigrated) children treated in Italian AIEOP centres. RESULTS: In the period 2003-2008, 31 cancer registries reported 4,473 incident malignant neoplasms, 2,855 in children and 1,618 in adolescents. Cancer incidence rates were 164 cases per million in children aged 14 years or below and 269 cases per million in patients aged 15-19 years. Limited geographical variations emerged. In children (0-14 years) a significant increase in malignant cancer incidence was observed until 1997 (APC: +3.2%), followed by a plateau (APC: -1.1%not statistically significant).Until the late Nineties, a statistically significant increase was also observed in the incidence of all leukaemias in males (APC: +5.7%), lymphoid leukaemias (APC: +5.6%), representing 80% of all leukaemias, Hodgkin and non- Hodgkin lymphomas (APC: +6.3%). A significant decrease emerged for lymphoid leukaemia starting in 1995 (APC: -1.9%), while no substantial change in cancer incidence rates was observed in the last decade of observation for all malignant neoplasms and lymphomas. In addition, no variation emerged for malignant (according to the most recent classification) central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms, while an annual increase of 1.8% (significant) was observed in the period 1988-2008, when non-malignant tumours were included. Increases in cancer incidence were observed throughout the study period for neuroblastoma (APC: +1.9%) and epithelial tumours or melanoma (APC: +4.1%). In the period 1998-2008, in addition to lymphoid leukaemias, a significant decrease was observed for all malignant neoplasms, lymphomas in girls, CNS tumours (males and females), and renal tumours in girls, while no increases were observed in this age group. In adolescents (15-19 years) between 1988 and 2008, a significant increase in incidence rates was observed (APC: +2.0%) for all malignant neoplasms, all lymphomas (APC: +2.9%; in particular Hodgkin lymphoma, APC: +3.6%), thyroid cancer (APC: +6.1%), and melanoma (APC: +8.1%). Conversely, lymphoid leukaemia is the only neoplasm showing a long-term decrease in adolescents. Recent trends (1998-2008) confirm the long-term increases only for all malignant neoplasms in girls and thyroid cancer (APC: +7.9%, boys and girls), while a decrease in bone tumour incidence emerged in girls, albeit based only on 46 cases. Cancer mortality in children showed a persistent decrease for all neoplasms and even for more frequent cancer sites or types, and mortality rates for cancer were three-fold higher in the early Seventies than in 2008. In addition, five-year survival after cancer diagnosis increased in the last three decades and was still increasing in the period 2003- 2008, reaching 82% in children and 86% in adolescents. In the period 2008-2010, 4,488 children (0-14 years) were treated in one of the AIEOP clinical centres and we estimate, based on the above-presented incidence rates, that they represented 92% of all cancer cases in Italy. However, in adolescents, the proportion of patients treated in AIEOP centres was only 25%. A migration of patients living in the South of Italy to Central and Northern Italy emerged from AIEOP information. The expected number of cancer cases in children aged between 0 and 14 years of age is approximately 7,000 in the period 2016- 2020, while the corresponding figure for adolescents between 15 and 19 years of age is 4,000, with no relevant variation in comparison with the previous five-year period. COMMENTS: The present findings update descriptive cancer epidemiology in children and adolescents in Italy based on data provided by an extensive network of general and specialized population-based cancer registries. Data obtained from cancer registries are supplemented by additional information collected by specialized clinical AIEOP centres and mortality reports collected by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). Incidence rates reported in Italy were slightly higher in comparison to other developed Countries, but relatively consistent between different Italian areas. Our results also showed that the significant increase in cancer incidence observed until the end of Nineties has halted, with the exception solely of thyroid cancer in adolescents. Efficacy of therapeutic protocols has improved constantly since the Seventies, and recent findings confirm this trend in all age groups and, in particular, for rarer tumours and cancer types that have very poor prognosis. Findings derived from cross-analysis with AIEOP data suggest that it is possible to further improve the efficiency of our healthcare system, in particular for adolescents; migration can be reduced with a more rational use of hospitals throughout Italy.

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