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Wednesday 9 September, Parallel session A
Cancer I
The epidemiology of bone cancer diagnosed in 0–49-year-olds in northern England, 1981–2002
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Aims
We aimed to describe incidence and survival patterns for bone cancers diagnosed during 1981–2002 in northern England among 0–39-year-olds.
Methods
509 cases with a malignant bone tumour were included the analysis and classified using the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, second edition. Incidence trends were analysed using Poisson regression. Survival rates were …