International Union for Circumpolar Health Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of RF Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences Medical Polar Fund “Science” The Northern Forum

Abstracts

Environmental health

Objectives The aim of this investigation was to estimate the site-specific cancer incidence rates in Arkhangelskaja Oblast (AO) in the period 1993-2001, and to make a comparison with the incidence in Norway

Study design AO is an administrative unit in North-western Russia with 1.3 million inhabitants. A population-based cancer registry covering the whole population of the oblast was set up at the central oncological hospital. All new cancer cases in the period 1993 – 2001 among official residents of AO were registered in the registry and included in the study. The annual gender- and age-group-specific population figures for AO were obtained from the regional statistics office. Gender- and site-specific frequencies cancer figures from Norway were obtained from the Norwegian Cancer Registry. For further details: Vaktskjold A, Lebedintseva JA, Korotov DS, Tkatsjov AV, Podjakova TS, Lund E. Cancer incidence in Arkhangelskaja Oblast in northwestern Russia. The Arkhangelsk Cancer Registry. BMC Cancer 2005; 5:82.

Results A total of 34 697 cases of primary cancers in AO were included. The age-adjusted (world standard) incidence rate for all sites combined was 164/100000 for women and 281/100000 for men. The incidence among women was 31 percent lower than in Norway, while the rate among men was the same. Among men, the incidence of stomach, lung, oesophagus, larynx, liver and pancreas cancer was markedly higher in AO than in Norway, while the incidence of cancer in the prostate, colon, bladder, testicle and melanoma was markedly lower in AO. For women, of the common cancer sites only the incidence of stomach cancer was higher in AO. Cancers of the lung, colon, rectum and ovaries were markedly lower.

Conclusions The incidence of most major cancer types appears to have been quite different in a northern Russian population than in Norway. The incidence among women was relatively low, except for stomach cancer. The reported incidence rates in AO contribute to the discussion and generation of hypotheses concerning the role of different life-style and environmental factors in the aetiology of different cancer types.

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