Urological cancers in French overseas territories: a population-based cancer registry pooled analysis in Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana (2007-2014)

Purpose: prostate cancer is the most common cancer in the Caribbean. We present world-standardized incidence (WSI) and mortality (WSM) rates for urological cancers for French overseas territories. Materials and methods: standardized incidence ratio (SIR) and standardized mortality ratio (SMR) were calculated for 2008-2014, 2007-2014 and 2010-2014 in Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana. Results: for prostate cancer, in Guadeloupe and Martinique, the WSI rates are among the highest in the world (173.0 and 164.5 per 100,000 person-years) and 94.4 in French Guiana. Mortality remains more than twice that observed in mainland France, at 23.0 in Guadeloupe and Martinique, and 16.9 in French Guiana. For bladder cancer, WSI rates were 5.9, 4.9 and 4.1 in men, and 1.9, 1.4 and 1.3 in women, in French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique. WSM rates from bladder varied from 1.5 in French Guiana to 1.8 in Guadeloupe and 2.0 in Martinique in men. In women, it ranges from 0.2 in French Guiana to 0.5 in Guadeloupe and 1.1 in Martinique. Regarding kidney, WSI rates in men are 4.3 in Martinique, 5.2 in Guadeloupe and 6.1 in French Guiana, and 2.3, 2.5 and 3.4, respectively, in women. Mortality rates in men were 1.7 in Guadeloupe, 1.4 in Martinique, and 1.5 in French Guiana, while in women, rates were 0.8 in Guadeloupe and Martinique and 0.6 in French Guiana. All these rates are lower than in mainland France. Conclusions: identifying the profile of patients with urological cancers is key to understanding the needs of patients in these regions.

Author(s): Deloumeaux Jacqueline, Bhakkan-Mambir Bernard, Desroziers Laure, Plenet Juliette, Peruvien Jessica, Chatignoux Édouard, Belliardo Sophie, Macni Jonathan, Ulric-Gervaise Stephen, Véronique-Baudin Jacqueline, Joachim Clarisse

Publishing year: 2022

Pages: 1-7

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