Table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
- Cancer incidence has become steady and cancer mortality has fallen
- Melanoma was the most common cancer diagnosed and brain cancer was the leading cause of cancer death
- Survival from cancer in adolescents and young adults was relatively high and has improved
- Outcomes for adolescents and young adults vary
- Body section
- 1 Introduction
- Purpose and structure of this report
- What is cancer?
- Who are adolescents and young adults?
- Why is cancer in adolescents and young adults important?
- How are cancers in adolescents and young adults classified?
- Data interpretation
- Data sources
- 2 Incidence of cancer
- Introduction
- How many adolescents and young adults were diagnosed with cancer?
- Has cancer incidence changed over time?
- Does cancer incidence differ across population groups?
- 3 Survival from cancer
- Introduction
- What was the prospect of survival for adolescents and young adults with cancer?
- Has survival from cancer changed over time?
- Does cancer survival differ across population groups?
- 4 Mortality from cancer
- Introduction
- How many adolescents and young adults died from cancer?
- Has mortality from cancer changed over time?
- Does mortality from cancer differ across population groups?
- 1 Introduction
- End matter
- Appendixes
- Appendix A: Classification of cancers in adolescents and young adults
- Appendix B: Classifications
- International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
- International Classification of Diseases for Oncology
- SEER adolescent and young adult site recode
- Appendix C: Statistical methods and technical notes
- Age-specific rates
- Age-standardised rates
- Confidence intervals
- Joinpoint analysis
- Male-to-female ratio
- Relative survival analysis
- Appendix D: Data sources
- Australian Cancer Database
- National Mortality Database
- Population data
- Appendix E: Additional tables
- Additional tables for Chapter 2: Incidence of cancer
- Additional tables for Chapter 3: Survival from cancer
- Additional tables for Chapter 4: Mortality from cancer
- Glossary
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Related publications
- Appendixes