ABSTRACT

The following table shows the influence of age, gender, geographical location and race on the incidence of different cancers, 1993-1997. Values are expressed as age standardized rate (ASR)/100 000 person-years. Adapted from the International Association of Cancer Registries (Parking DM, Whelan SL, Ferlay J, et al., eds. Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vol. VIII. IARC Scientific Publications No. 155. Lyon: IARC, 2000).