Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 7.
Published in final edited form as: Mech Ageing Dev. 2017 May 11;164:113–126. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2017.05.002

Table 2.

Selected Primary Research Studies on Cancer Incidence in the Oldest-old.

Reference Source of Data Age Cancer Type Cancer Incidence
USA Harding et al. (2012) SEER 9 and 2000 US Census (1998–2002) 85–99; 100+ I. All sites
II. Breast
III. Lung
IV. Colorectal
V. Prostate
I. Female: ↓85+ Male: ↓85+
II. Female: ↓85+ Male: ↓85+
III. Female: ↓85+ Male: ↓85+
IV. Female: stable at 85+ Male: ↓100+
V. Female: N/A Male: ↓85+
USAa Wong et al. (2014) SEER 18 and CBTRUS (2000–2010, 2004–2008) 85+ I. All sites (excluding non malignant meningiomas)
II. Colorectal
III. Pancreas
IV. Stomach
I. All: ↓85+
II. All: ↑85+
III. All: ↑85+
IV. All: ↑85+
USA Daniel Becker et al. 2014 Moller et al. (2011) SEER 9, 13 and 18 (1973–2009) 85+ I. Breast
II. Lung
III. Colorectal
IV. Prostate
I. All: ↑85+
II. All: ↑85+
III. All: ↑85+
IV. Male: ↑85+
Denmark Pedersen et al. (2016) NORDCAN, Danish Cancer Register, Danish Cause of Death register (1978–2012) 85+ I. All sites (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) I. Female: ↓85+ Male: ↓85+
Denmark Ewertz et al. (2016) NORDCAN, Danish Cancer Register, Danish Cause of Death register (1980–2012) 85+ I. All sites (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) I. Female: ↓85+ Male: ↓90+
Denmark Song and Jeon (2015) NORDCAN, Danish Cancer Register, Danish Cause of Death register (1980–2012) 85+ I. Breast I. Female: ↓85+ Male: ↓90+
Denmark Jensen et al. (2016) NORDCAN, Danish Cancer Register, Danish Cause of Death register (1980–2012) I. Lung I. Female: ↓85+ Male: ↓85+
Denmark Kristiansen et al. (2016) NORDCAN, Danish Cancer Register, Danish Cause of Death register (1980–2012) I. Colon
II. Rectum and Anus
I. Female: ↓90+ Male: ↓90+
II. Female: ↓85+ Male: ↓85+
Denmark Brændegaard Winther et al. (2016) NORDCAN, Danish Cancer Register, Danish Cause of Death register (1980–2012) I. Prostate I. Female: N/A Male: ↓90+
USA Andersen et al. (2012) SEER, NPCR, USCS (2001–2010) 85+ I. Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) I. All: ↓85+
USAb Thakkar et al., (2014) SEER, UCR, US Census, NCHS (1973–2002) 85–99 I. All sites I. Female: ↓90+ Male: ↓90+
Korea King et al. (2014) Korea National Cancer Incidence Database (1999–2011) 85+ I. Prostate
II. Kidney
III. Bladder
I. Female: N/A Male: ↓85 +
II. All: ↓85+ Female: ↓85+ Male: ↓85+
III. All: ↓85+ Female: ↓85+ Male: ↓85+

Abbreviations: (SEER) Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program, (CBTRUS) Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States, (NPCR) National Program of Cancer Registries, (USCS) United States Cancer Statistics, (UCR) Utah Cancer Registry, (NCHS) National Center for Health Statistics.

a

Invasive cases only, increasing cancers only.

b

State of Utah only.