Abstract
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) are the seventh most commonly diagnosed cancer in France. Nord-Pas-de-Calais is ranked as the region with the highest incidence of cancers and deaths by cancer in France. With its rich industrial past and its contrasted population densities between urban and rural territories, Nord-Pas-de-Calais represents a geographic area of interest to study the overall incidence of NHL and examine spatial variation of NHL incidence between the 170 cantons of the region. LYMPHONOR was a population-based multicentre retrospective study of patients residing in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region and diagnosed with NHL between January 2001 and December 2005. Spatial distribution of NHL incidence in Nord-Pas-de-Calais was explored using two complementary approaches: adjusted smoothed standardised incidence ratio (SIR) and spatial scan statistics (detection of atypical clusters). Between 2001 and 2005, 2132 new cases of NHL were diagnosed in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. In 2005, age-standardised NHL incidence rates were 10.2 and 7.0 cases per 100,000 person-years in male and female residents, respectively. No significant spatial disparities in NHL incidence were found within the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. The age-adjusted smoothed SIR varied from 0.82 to 1.25 between cantons. Consistently, spatial scan statistics did not detect any significant atypical cluster of high NHL incidence. Comparison with national data collected during the same period does not show an overincidence of NHL in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. In addition, no evidence for spatial heterogeneity and clustering of NHL incidence was found within this region. Future epidemiological research using large-scale registries is needed to better appraise spatial variation of NHL incidence in France and to investigate possible reasons for significant clusters.
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