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Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia
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Topic: Cancer
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 09 November 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2011). Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia. AIHW, 2011.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia. Canberra: AIHW; 2011.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011, Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia, AIHW, Canberra.
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Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia presents the latest available incidence, survival and mortality statistics on cancer in young Australians aged 15 to 29. The incidence of cancer in this age group has become steady since the mid-1990s while cancer mortality has fallen between 1983 and 2007. Survival from cancer in adolescents and young adults has been relatively high and has improved with time, although cancer outcomes vary across population groups.
- ISSN: 1039-3307
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-233-9
- Cat. no: CAN 59
- Pages: 102
Findings from this report:
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In 2003–2007, 8,783 new cases of cancer were diagnosed among adolescents and young adults aged 15–29
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In 2003–2007 there were 1,018 cancer deaths in adolescents and young adults (9% of all deaths in this age group)
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The most common cancer was melanoma and the leading cause of cancer death was brain cancer
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Between 1983 and 1996, cancer incidence in adolescents and young adults increased, then showed no change to 2007