Bray F, Guerra Yi M, Parkin D M
Unit of Descriptive Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
Eur J Public Health. 2003 Sep;13(3 Suppl):61-6. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/13.suppl_1.61.
There continue to be major public health challenges arising from the increasing cancer burden in Europe. Drawing upon expertise from other European centres and networks, the Comprehensive Cancer Monitoring Programme in Europe project (CaMon) provides a central information resource of the cancer profile in European populations.
The cancer indicators fundamental to disease monitoring in Europe are illustrated in terms of definitions and availability. Where necessary data are supplemented by estimates, in order to make available cancer data to individuals and institutions in all Member and Applicant countries of the European Union (EU). The relevant methodologies are discussed. Finally, a major ongoing project examining time trends of cancer incidence and mortality in 38 European countries is described.
In the European Union, there were approximately 1.6 million new cases of cancer according to the latest year available, and approximately, one million cancer deaths. About 2.6 million new cases of cancer, and 1.6 million deaths were estimated in Europe. Lung cancer is the most common cancer in Europe and together with cancers of the colon and rectum and female breast represent approximately 40% of new cases in Europe.
The statistics generated by the project on cancer incidence, mortality, survival and prevalence, together with time trends and projections will be regularly updated and made available to a European Commission, and to a Community-wide audience via the CaMon website and via other means of dissemination, such as peer-reviewed journals.
欧洲日益加重的癌症负担持续带来重大的公共卫生挑战。欧洲癌症综合监测项目（CaMon）借鉴欧洲其他中心和网络的专业知识，提供了欧洲人群癌症概况的核心信息资源。
从定义和可得性方面阐述了欧洲疾病监测的基本癌症指标。必要时用估算值补充数据，以便向欧盟所有成员国和申请国的个人及机构提供癌症数据。讨论了相关方法。最后，介绍了一项正在进行的重大项目，该项目研究38个欧洲国家癌症发病率和死亡率的时间趋势。
根据可得的最新年份数据，欧盟约有160万新增癌症病例，约100万人死于癌症。欧洲估计有260万新增癌症病例和160万例死亡。肺癌是欧洲最常见的癌症，与结肠癌、直肠癌和女性乳腺癌一起约占欧洲新增病例的40%。
该项目生成的关于癌症发病率、死亡率、生存率和患病率的统计数据，以及时间趋势和预测数据将定期更新，并通过CaMon网站以及同行评审期刊等其他传播方式提供给欧盟委员会及全欧受众。
