Tahun 1997 Volume 32 Nomor 2
Oleh : Ika Prawita Miranti
data of cancer is one of the important campaign against cancer. The purpose of the study is to give a view about the number and types of cancer in Semarang municipal area, and to enrich us with information of cancer epidemiology research .
During 1990 – 1993, all cancer cases, not only diagnosed histopatologically and cytologically, but also from clinical findings were collected. They were analized according to the Age Standardized Rate (ASR), Age Standardized Cancer Ratio (ASCAR) and Relative Frecuency (FR) in order to to study the difference between those three systems.
The result showed that those systems gave many different orders of the most prevalent cases. According to the ASR data, the five most prevalent cancer in women showed the same findings as the former results. Lung cancer in men still ranked first, while in women became one of the six most prevalent cases.