CanStats digests by topics

Canstats are digests of facts and figures produced by our Cancer Epidemiology Centre (CEC). Several issues are published each year including annual cancer incidence and mortality data from the Victoria Cancer Registry (VCR).

Most issues focus on a particular cancer type or topic and include local, national or international statistics on incidence, mortality and survival.

 CanStat issue 48

PDFCanstat 48: Cancers of the Brain & Central Nervous System (388kb)

  • Incidence in Victoria by age, sex and tumour type
  • Trends in incidence and mortality
  • Risk factors
  • Survival
  • Migrants vs Australia, Regional variation, Ethnic variation
  • Treatment and outcomes
 CanStat issue 47

PDFCanstat 47: Cancer in Victoria 2007 (528kb)

  • Cancer incidence reporting
  • Table of cancers by ICD-10 codes
  • Overview of 2007 statistics
  • Statistical methods
  • Mortality coding
  • Cancer incidence in Victoria 2007 by age, sex and site
 CanStat issue 46

PDFCanstat 46: Cancer in Victoria 2006 (487kb)

  • Overview of 2006 statistics
  • Statistical methods
  • Cancer trends 1982-2006
  • Cancer incidence in Victoria 2006
    by age, sex and site
 
 CanStat issue 45

PDFCanstat 45: Cancer in Victoria 2005 (448kb) 

  • Overview of 2005 statistics
  • Statistical methods
  • Cancer trends 1982-2005
  • Cancer incidence in Victoria 2005
    by age, sex and site
CanStat Issue 44

PDFCanstat 44: Skin Cancer (557kb)

  • What is skin cancer?
  • Types of skin cancer
  • Epidemiology of skin cancer
  • Non-melanocytic skin cancer incidence and mortality
  • Melanoma incidence and mortality; survival; regional and migrant comparisons
  • SunSmart and emerging issues in skin cancer
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 CanStat issue #43  

PDFCanstat 43: Ovarian Cancer (531kb)

  • Types of ovarian cancer
  • Incidence and mortality
  • Management of ovarian cancer
  • Epidemiology
  • Screening
Can Stat issue 37

PDFCanstat 37: A Guide to the Victorian Cancer Registry (297kb)

  • History and future directions
  • Operation
  • Data protection and privacy guidelines for the release of information
  • Publications and research
  • Cancer Control
  • The Cancer Act
CanStat issue 36

PDFCanstat 36: Lung cancer (258kb)  

  • Victorian lung cancer trends and smoking prevalence rates
  • Mortality trends in Australia 1910-1999 for lung and other common cancers
  • Comparisons: international variation, migrants to Australia, socio-economic status
  • Lung cancer management and survival
  • Other tobacco-related cancers
  • Tobacco control in Australia
CanStat issue 34

PDFCanstat 34: Breast cancer (230kb)  

  • Trends in incidence and mortality
  • Survival
  • Comparisons: regional variation, migrants to Australia
  • International comparisons
  • Mammography and BreastScreen
CanStat issue 33

PDFCanstat 33: Trends in cancer mortality, Australia 1910-1999 (98kb)  

  • Mortality trends by cancer site
  • Description and graphs by ICD-9 topography and sex
  • Age-specific cancer mortality 1995-1999
  • Cancer mortality rates by site 1910-1999
CanStat issue 31

PDFCanstat 31: Testicular cancer (92kb)

  • Incidence and mortality
  • Histological types
  • Pathological stage
  • International comparisons
  • Migrants
  • Time trends
  • Survival
CanStat issue 30

PDFCanstat 30: Prostate cancer (71kb)  

  • Incidence and mortality
  • Histological types
  • Pathological stage
  • International comparisons
  • Migrants
  • Time trends
  • Survival
CanStat issue 26

PDFCanstat 26: Bowel cancer (2.56MB)

  • Incidence and mortality
  • Histological types
  • Pathological stage
  • International comparisons
  • Migrants
  • Time trends
  • Survival

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