New China Annual Cancer Statistics published

New China Annual Cancer Statistics (2011) published

--Second hand smoke may contribute high lung cancer rate in Chinese women

“Annual report on status of cancer in China, 2011” was published In the latest issue of Chinese Journal of Cancer Research,Feb. 2015.

Compared to the last year's report and to the new World Cancer Report data, Stomach, liver, and esophageal cancers are still more common in China, and the incidences of lung, breast and colon-rectal cancers are increasing.

It is strikingly to see that lung cancer is the second most common cancer in Chinese women, both in urban and rural areas. Since cigarette smoking rate is still relatively low, so second hand smoking, air pollution and others possibly certain roles.

Table 6 Top 10 cancer incidence in China, 2011 

Table 7  Top 10 cancer mortality in China, 2011

There were 6.4% and 5.4% annual increases of cancer incidence rate and mortality, although after adjusted by age, the incidence and mortality were kept stable, the article stated.

Total 234 registries reported In 2014, compared to 219 in 2013, and 193 in 2010, covers 16.4% of national populations. The number of registries has been increased to 308 at the end of 2014. And we can safely bet that the registries in China will have a burst growth since the "NHFPC Called for the Establishment of National Cancer Registration and Management System", the next year's annual data will be able to cover much larger population in China.  

Total registries in China
38	2008
95	2009
193	2010
222	2012
250	2013
308	2014
National Cancer Registry system established	2015

References:  

Chen W, Zheng R, Zeng H, Zhang S, He J. Annual report on status of cancer in China, 2011. Chin J Cancer Res 2015;27(1):2-12. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.1000-9604.2015.01.06

Chen W, Zheng R, Zhang S, Zhao P, Zeng H, Zou X, He J. Annual report on status of cancer in China, 2010. Chin J Cancer Res 2014;26(1):48-58. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.1000-9604.2014.01.08

Chen W, Zheng R, Zhang S, Zhao P, Li G, Wu L, He J. Report of incidence and mortality in China cancer registries, 2009. Chin J Cancer Res 2013;25(1):10-21. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.1000-9604.2012.12.04

Wan-qing Chen, Hong-mei Zeng, Rong-shou Zheng, Si-wei Zhang, Jie He Report of incidence and mortality in China cancer registries, 2007. Chin J Cancer Res 2012;24(1):1-8.