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dc.contributor.authorSullivan, SGen
dc.contributor.authorHussain, Rafaten
dc.contributor.authorThrefall, Ten
dc.contributor.authorBittles, AHen
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-06T09:27:00Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.citationCancer Causes and Control, 15(10), p. 1021-1025en
dc.identifier.issn0957-5243en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2910-
dc.description.abstractObjective: During the last 50 years there have been significant improvements in life expectancy among people with intellectual disability (ID), and so their incidence of age-associated diseases, such as cancer, is rising. The aim of this study was to compare the rate of cancer in people with ID with that found in the general population. Methods: Information on 9409 individuals registered with the Disability Services Commission of Western Australia was linked to the State Cancer Registry, with 200 cases of cancer detected over 156,729 person-years. Standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) and 95% confidence intervals were calculated for both sexes separately by 5-year age groups for the period 1982–2001. The same procedures were adopted in the estimation of SIRs for specific types of cancers. Results: The age-standardised incidence of all cancers in people with ID was not significantly different from the general population. However, males with ID were observed to have a significantly increased risk of leukaemia, brain and stomach cancers, and a reduced risk of prostate cancer, while leukaemia, corpus uteri and colorectal cancers were significantly higher in females. Conclusions: Health practitioners need to be aware that with improvements in life expectancy the incidence of cancer in people with ID is likely to rise. More proactive health promotion campaigns may be needed for people with ID, who are likely to be poor users of screening services and whose symptoms may not be reported until they are in more advanced, less treatable stages of disease.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishersen
dc.relation.ispartofCancer Causes and Controlen
dc.titleThe incidence of cancer in people with intellectual disabilitiesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10552-004-1256-0en
dc.subject.keywordsPublic Health and Health Servicesen
local.contributor.firstnameSGen
local.contributor.firstnameRafaten
local.contributor.firstnameTen
local.contributor.firstnameAHen
local.subject.for2008111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008920403 Disability and Functional Capacityen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Rural Medicineen
local.profile.emailrhussain@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordpes:1418en
local.publisher.placeNetherlandsen
local.format.startpage1021en
local.format.endpage1025en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume15en
local.identifier.issue10en
local.contributor.lastnameSullivanen
local.contributor.lastnameHussainen
local.contributor.lastnameThrefallen
local.contributor.lastnameBittlesen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:rhussainen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:2988en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleThe incidence of cancer in people with intellectual disabilitiesen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorSullivan, SGen
local.search.authorHussain, Rafaten
local.search.authorThrefall, Ten
local.search.authorBittles, AHen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2004en
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