Project Details
Description
In Germany, around 4.5 million people are currently suffering from cancer or have survived cancer (prevalence estimate by the Centre for Cancer Registry Data (ZfKD) and the Society of Epidemiological Cancer Registries in Germany (GEKID)). Optimised and new innovative therapies have continuously improved survival after cancer and led to an increasing number of cancer survivors. This trend will continue in the future.
It is therefore becoming increasingly important to systematically record the long-term and late effects of cancer and its treatment and to know more about the prognosis and health risks of long-term survivors.
The aim is to evaluate German cancer registry data with regard to methodological and medical questions on prevalence, survival, cure and secondary cancer. Among other things, this will involve 1. characterising the group of long-term survivors (number, composition in terms of cancer entity and therapy), 2. estimating ten- and fifteen-year survival rates and life expectancy, 3. investigating how long-term survivors can be considered cured and 4. how many develop a second cancer.
The results are essential for the development of evidence-based care and aftercare concepts.
It is therefore becoming increasingly important to systematically record the long-term and late effects of cancer and its treatment and to know more about the prognosis and health risks of long-term survivors.
The aim is to evaluate German cancer registry data with regard to methodological and medical questions on prevalence, survival, cure and secondary cancer. Among other things, this will involve 1. characterising the group of long-term survivors (number, composition in terms of cancer entity and therapy), 2. estimating ten- and fifteen-year survival rates and life expectancy, 3. investigating how long-term survivors can be considered cured and 4. how many develop a second cancer.
The results are essential for the development of evidence-based care and aftercare concepts.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 01.06.23 → 30.05.26 |
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Areas and Centers
- Research Area: Center for Population Medicine and Public Health (ZBV)
DFG Research Classification Scheme
- 2.22-02 Public Health, Healthcare Research, Social and Occupational Medicine
- 2.22-14 Hematology, Oncology
ASJC Subject Areas
- Health(social science)
- Life-span and Life-course Studies
- Oncology
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