Cancer incidence in the United Kingdom: projections to the year 2030

Projections of cancer incidence are important for planning health services and to provide a baseline for assessing the impact of public health interventions.Rates estimated from smooth function age-period-cohort modelling of cancer incidence data from Great Britain 1975 to 2007 are extrapolated to 2030 and applied to UK population projections. Prostate and breast cancer projections take into account the effect of screening.Overall rates of...