Activity in this area
Australian Government Department of Health, 2017 - Investing in Medical Research – fighting childhood cancer. (http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/budget2017-factsheet52.htm)
Cancer Australia – Children’s Cancer website (https://childrenscancer.canceraustralia.gov.au/)
Cancer Council Queensland – The Australian Childhood Cancer Registry (ACCR) (https://cancerqld.org.au/research/cancer-registries/australian-childhood-cancer-registry/).
Cancer Australia, 2008 - A National Cancer Data Strategy for Australia. (https://canceraustralia.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/ncds_final_web1_504af02093a68.pdf).
Data
Detailed results from the collection of childhood cancer stage data as part of this project are available in the following journal articles:
- Youlden, D.R., Gupta, S., Frazier, A.L., Moore, A.S., Baade, P.D., Valery, P.C., Green, A.C., and Aitken, J.F. 2019. Stage at diagnosis for children with blood cancers in Australia: Application of the Toronto Paediatric Cancer Stage Guidelines in a population-based national childhood cancer registry. Pediatr Blood Cancer, 66: p. e27683.
- Youlden, D.R., Frazier, A.L., Gupta, S., Pritchard-Jones, K., Kirby, M.L., Baade, P.D., Green, A.C., Valery, P.C., and Aitken, J.F. 2019. Stage at diagnosis for childhood solid cancers in Australia: A population-based study. Cancer Epidemiol, 59: p. 208-214.
Australian Childhood Cancer Registry, Cancer Council Queensland. Australian Childhood Cancer Statistics Online. CCQ: Brisbane, Australia; 2018. Based on data from the ACCR (1983-2015). (https://cancerqld.org.au/research/queensland-cancer-statistics/accr/)
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. Australian Cancer Incidence and Mortality (ACIM) books provide incidence and mortality by cancer type and selected demographic groups. (https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/acim-books/contents/acim-books).
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011. Cancer in adolescents and young adults in Australia. Cancer series no 62. Cat. no. CAN 59. Canberra: AIHW (https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer/cancer-in-adolescents-and-young-adults-in-australi/contents/table-of-contents)
Business rules3 for assigning childhood cancer stage at diagnosis are accessible at: (https://cancerqld.blob.core.windows.net/content/docs/childhood-cancer-staging-for-population-registries.pdf)
References
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