Cancers (Basel) 2022 Jun 10;14(12). Epub 2022 Jun 10.
Flinders Medical Center, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia.
Background And Aims: A concerning rise in incidence of young-onset cancers globally led to the examination of trends in incidence and survival of gastrointestinal (GI) adenocarcinomas in the Northern Territory (NT), Australia, over a 28-year period, with a special emphasis on Indigenous peoples.
Methods: This cross-sectional analysis of a prospective longitudinal database, NT Cancer Registry (1990-2017), includes all reported cases of GI (oesophagus, gastric, small intestinal, pancreas, colon, and rectum) adenocarcinomas. Poisson regression was used to estimate incidence ratio ratios, and survival was modelled using Cox proportional hazard models separately for people aged 18-50 years and >50 years. Read More