Zur Epidemiologie des invasiven Harnblasenkarzinoms – aktuelle Ergebnisse aus dem Krebsregister Saarland
摘要
Bladder cancer (BC) represents a frequent invasive cancer. Individual behavior may effectively reduce the individual BC risk. Men are diagnosed with BC and die from BC three times more often than women.
ObjectivesThe work presents up-to-date results of the incidence of BC- and tumor-related mortality. It further demonstrates capacities of cancer registries to quantify morbidity and mortality resulting from neoplastic diseases in the population.
Materials and methodsCancer registry data were used and included 5908 patients from Saarland newly diagnosed with invasive BC from 2004–2023. Observed rates of incidence and mortality as well as observed and cancer-specific survival up to 10 years were reported for men and women.
ResultsIn 2022–2023, 44 and 15 invasive BC were diagnosed per 100,000 men and women, respectively. Two-thirds of the patients were aged ≥ 70 years at diagnosis, 91% of the neoplasms were urothelial tumors, and 64% did not yet exceed the bladder (UICC stages I and II). Five years after diagnosis, 43% of the patients were still alive.
ConclusionThe results revealed significant tumor-related mortality across all groups of patients and particularly a higher tumor-specific mortality among women. It further highlighted the potential benefits of thus far unused opportunities for the primary prevention of BC.