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27th German Cancer Congress Berlin 2006

German Cancer Society (Frankfurt/M.)

22. - 26.03.2006, Berlin

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Epidemiological and clinical trends of Prostate Cancer in the region of the Regional Cancer Centre Dresden – an eight-years-analysis (1996–2003)

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  • corresponding author presenting/speaker Wolf-Diether Böhm - Praxis für Urologie und Männergesundheit, Dr. med. W.-D. Böhm, Dresden, Deutschland
  • Carmen Werner - Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Biometrie der TUD, Klinisches Krebsregister des Tumorzentrums Dresden e.V.
  • Kurt Strelocke - Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Biometrie der TUD, Klinisches Krebsregister des Tumorzentrums Dresden e.V.
  • Hildebrand Kunath - Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Biometrie der TUD, Klinisches Krebsregister des Tumorzentrums Dresden e.V.

27. Deutscher Krebskongress. Berlin, 22.-26.03.2006. Düsseldorf, Köln: German Medical Science; 2006. DocPE332

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Published: March 20, 2006

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Introduction: In the last years the incidence of prostate carcinoma increased remarkably. One reason of this increase is the improvement of the diagnostic possibilities, especially the improvement of the early diagnosis. Among therapies the rate of curative procedures increases.

Material and methods: Since 1993 the Clinical Cancer Registry (Klinisches Krebsregister, KKR) of the Regional Cancer Centre Dresden (Tumorzentrum Dresden, TZD) is gathering the reports of patients with tumour diseases (diagnosis, primary therapies and follow-up) in a region of 1.2 million inhabitants. Since 1996 the completeness of the documentations is sufficient.

Following the already published results of the years 1996–2000 [1] we analysed the Data for the period 1996 – 2003. The results describe the trends of

  • incidence
  • mortality
  • age distribution
  • TNM categories
  • curative and palliative therapy approaches
  • therapy methods
  • survival

in the region of TZD.

Discussion: The results will be discussed in national and international context. The option of curative therapies increases in accordance with the shift of TNM-categories to localized and locally limited stages of cancer. The paper will discuss approaches for a regional long-time evaluation.

Examples will demonstrate the possibilities of a regional organized Clinical Cancer Registry – as the KKR is one – in the field of tumour specific, population related analysis with the intention to describe the oncological care in a defined region.

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Werner C, Strelocke K, Kunath H, Böhm WD. Das Prostatakarzinom – Auswertungen des Klinischen Krebsregisters des Tumorzentrums Dresden e.V. für den Zeitraum 1996-2000. Jahresbericht des Tumorzentrums Dresden e.V. 2004. S. 74-85.