TY - JOUR AU - Guzzinati, Stefano AU - Virdone, Saverio AU - De Angelis, Roberta AU - Panato, Chiara AU - Buzzoni, Carlotta AU - Capocaccia, Riccardo AU - Francisci, Silvia AU - Gigli, Anna AU - Zorzi, Manuel AU - Tagliabue, Giovanna AU - Serraino, Diego AU - Falcini, Fabio AU - Casella, Claudia AU - Russo, Antonio Giampiero AU - Stracci, Fabrizio AU - Caruso, Bianca AU - Michiara, Maria AU - Caiazzo, Anna Luisa AU - Castaing, Marine AU - Ferretti, Stefano AU - Mangone, Lucia AU - Rudisi, Giuseppa AU - Sensi, Flavio AU - Mazzoleni, Guido AU - Pannozzo, Fabio AU - Tumino, Rosario AU - Fusco, Mario AU - Ricci, Paolo AU - Gola, Gemma AU - Giacomin, Adriano AU - Tisano, Francesco AU - Candela, Giuseppa AU - Fanetti, Anna Clara AU - Pala, Filomena AU - Sardo, Antonella Sutera AU - Rugge, Massimo AU - Botta, Laura AU - Dal Maso, Luigino PY - 2018 DA - 2018/02/09 TI - Characteristics of people living in Italy after a cancer diagnosis in 2010 and projections to 2020 JO - BMC Cancer SP - 169 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Estimates of cancer prevalence are widely based on limited duration, often including patients living after a cancer diagnosis made in the previous 5 years and less frequently on complete prevalence (i.e., including all patients regardless of the time elapsed since diagnosis). This study aims to provide estimates of complete cancer prevalence in Italy by sex, age, and time since diagnosis for all cancers combined, and for selected cancer types. Projections were made up to 2020, overall and by time since diagnosis. SN - 1471-2407 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4053-y DO - 10.1186/s12885-018-4053-y ID - Guzzinati2018 ER -