Sunlight, Vitamin D, and Ovarian Cancer Mortality Rates in US Women

Ovarian cancer is the eighth cause of death by cancer in women worldwide. The objective of this study was to analyze trends in the Brazilian ovarian cancer mortality and the relation to age, schooling, and race. Data was collected in the Brazilian Mortality Information System (SIM), from 2006 to 2016. The polynomial regression model was used for the trends analysis, a significant trend was considered when the estimated model obtained a p-value <0.05. Ovarian Cancer caused 34,003 deaths in Brazilian women in this period, the mortality rate (MR) was 0.46 per 100.000 women aged less than 40; 4.2 in women aged between 40 – 59; 12.2 in women aged between 60 – 79 and 19.4 in women 80 years old or more. About Race, 65% were White, others were declared as Black, Asian, Mixed-race, or Indigenous. Only 26% had 8 years or more of schooling. Mortality rates from ovarian cancer seemed to be rising in Brazil, the major increase happened in the South, the Southeast, and the Middle-West Regions. Women aged between 40 to 59 had the most significant increase. Politics are needed to facilitate the Brazilian population's access to health services, consequently minimizing the time to diagnose and start the treatment. Research about mortality rates could help health workers identify gaps in knowledge and consequently decrease the magnitude of the disease.

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Why have ovarian cancer mortality rates declined? Part III. Prospects for the future

Gynecologic Oncology ◽

10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.06.019 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 138 (3) ◽

pp. 757-761 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Victoria Sopik ◽

Barry Rosen ◽

Vasily Giannakeas ◽

Steven A. Narod

Keyword(s):

Ovarian Cancer ◽

Cancer Mortality ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

The Future

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Space-time analysis of ovarian cancer mortality rates by age groups in spanish provinces (1989–2015)

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-020-09267-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Paula Camelia Trandafir ◽

Aritz Adin ◽

María Dolores Ugarte

Keyword(s):

Ovarian Cancer ◽

Cancer Mortality ◽

Age Groups ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

Space Time ◽

Time Analysis

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Vitamin D has a greater impact on cancer mortality rates than on cancer incidence rates

BMJ ◽

10.1136/bmj.g2862 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 348 (apr29 13) ◽

pp. g2862-g2862 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

W. B. Grant ◽

C. F. Garland

Keyword(s):

Vitamin D ◽

Cancer Incidence ◽

Cancer Mortality ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

Incidence Rates ◽

Cancer Incidence Rates

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Trends in Mortality Rates of Corpus Uteri and Ovarian Cancer in Lithuania, 1987–2016

Medicina ◽

10.3390/medicina56070347 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 56 (7) ◽

pp. 347

Author(s):

Rūta Everatt ◽

Birutė Intaitė

Keyword(s):

Ovarian Cancer ◽

Cancer Mortality ◽

Cohort Analysis ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

Percentage Change ◽

Cancer Type ◽

Annual Percentage Change ◽

Entire Study ◽

Ovarian Cancers ◽

Corpus Uteri

Background: The corpus uteri and ovarian cancers burden in Lithuania has remained high. The aim of this study was to investigate time trends in mortality rates of corpus uteri and ovarian cancer in Lithuania across age groups and time periods over a 30-year time span. Materials and Methods: Data on numbers of deaths from corpus uteri cancer during the period 1987–2016 and ovarian cancer during the period 1993–2016 were obtained from the WHO mortality database. Trends in age-standardized mortality rates (ASR, world standard), and age-specific rates were analyzed by calculating annual percentage change using Joinpoint regression. In addition, age–period–cohort analysis was performed for each cancer type. Results: Mortality from corpus uteri cancer decreased by −1.2% (95% CI: −1.8; −0.7) annually from 1987 to 2016. Decrease was most pronounced in youngest age group of 40–49 years; annual percentage change was −2.4 (95% CI: −4.0; −0.9). Mortality rates for ovarian cancers decreased by −1.2% (95% CI: −1.6; −0.8) annually from 1993 to 2016. Corpus uteri and ovarian cancer ASRs in 2016 were 3.5/100,000 and 7.4/100,000, respectively. The age–period–cohort analysis suggests that temporal trends in corpus uteri cancer mortality rates could be attributed to period and cohort effects. Conclusion: A reduction in mortality rate was observed for corpus uteri and ovarian cancer over the entire study period. Similar decreasing pattern for corpus uteri and ovarian cancer mortality indicate effect of shared factors.

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