Time trend and age-period-cohort effects on incidence of esophageal cancer in Connecticut, 1935–89
Zheng T, Mayne S, Holford T, Boyle P, Liu W, Chen Y, Mador M, Flannery J. Time trend and age-period-cohort effects on incidence of esophageal cancer in Connecticut, 1935–89. Cancer Causes & Control 1992, 3: 481-492. PMID: 1525329, DOI: 10.1007/bf00051361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous cell carcinomaIncidence rateCell carcinomaEsophageal cancerBirth cohortOverall age-adjusted incidence rateAge-adjusted incidence ratesConnecticut Tumor RegistryEsophageal cancer casesTime trendsEsophageal cancer ratesObserved time trendsGastric cardiaHistologic typeTumor RegistryIncident casesCancer ratesCancer casesAdenocarcinomaIncidence patternsEsophagusCancerLower thirdRegression modelingWhite males