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EUROCHIP Health Indicators for Monitoring Cancer in Europe Health Monitoring Program (HMP) EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEALTH & CONSUMER PROTECTION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL Www.istitutotumori.mi.it/project/eurochip/homepage.htm EUROCHIP GROUP OF SPECIALISTS on PREVENTION Amsterdam, 12th-13th December 2002 Chairperson: Dr Benedetto Terracini INTRODUCTION TO THE MEETING Dr. Julietta Bloch AIMS OF THE MEETING • Discussion on the complete list of the indicators • An updated list of indicators for “prevention” domain • Definition of eventual new indicators for environmental and occupational risks • A consensual classification of these indicators by priority • Information on sources for indicators at high priority • Discussion on validity and standardization of indicator at high priority CONSIDERATIONS Participants have to consider that: • indicators at high priority should be in a limited number; • indicators should be able to suggest actions to reduce inequalities and to promote health; • indicators should refer to the “prevention” domain • indicators have been developed considering 3 axes: 1) the natural disease’s history (prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, end results) 2) indicator groups as suggested by the ECHI HMP project (demographic and social-economic factors, health status, determinant of health, health system) 3) cancer sites INTRODUCTION Several axis for indicators DPSEEA Exposure Outcome Action OECD Relevance (- PARP/Olav) Analytical soundness Measurability Scale of application (national/subnational) Availability (cost) Census Health surveys statistical power Ad hoc Specificity (to cancer) Robustness (validity, sensitivity) Precision (standardization of methods for measurement) Comparability What is environment? Everything Non genetic Non social behavioural natural Specific chemical, physical, biological agents EUROCHIP Health Indicators for Monitoring Cancer in Europe A project of the Health Monitoring Program (HMP) EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEALTH & CONSUMER PROTECTION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL Www.istitutotumori.mi.it/project/eurochip/homepage.htm EUROCHIP AIMS AN INTECTUAL WORK INVOLVING CANCER EXPERTS OF EU MEMBERS, CANCER NETWORKS, INSTITUTES AND ORGANISATIONS : To produce a list of health indicators which describe cancer in Europe, to help the development of the future European Health Information System WHAT ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION • METHODS • FIRST RESULTS • FUTURE A METHOD FOR THE DISCUSSION EUROCHIP MAIN AXIS OF ANALYSIS EUROCARE/EUROPREVAL CAMON OCCURENCE RISK FACTORS SURVIVAL LIST PRE-CLINICAL ACTIVITY/ SCREENING OF CANCER CARE PREVALENCE CANCER RECURRENCE AND MORTALITY CANCER INDICATORS DIAGNOSTIC & THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES CLINICAL FOLLOW-UP A METHOD FOR THE ORGANISATION Steering Committee GS: Groups of specialists Discussion of indicators at national and domain level Working Team Operational work Standardised methods for collecting, checking and validating the data proposed for each indicator Panel of Experts GS Discussion & organization at national level GS GS GS GS GS Methodological Group GS Methodological aspects of the indicators A METHOD TO DESCRIBE THE INDICATORS For each indicator compile a FORM we DESIRED INDICATOR: all indicator characteristics we wish to have METHODOLOGY: operational definition, possible sources and methodological issues AVAILABILITY in different countries RESULTS 130 CANCER SPECIALISTS ARE INVOLVED IN EUROCHIP 17 INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS HELD IN A YEAR 15 ALL COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT RESULTS PRELIMINARY LIST OF 158 INDICATORS EUROCHIP MEETINGS 38 INDICATORS AT HIGH PRIORITY RESULT: INDICATORS AT HIGH PRIORITY PREVENTION 1. Tobacco consumption 2. Tobacco abstinence 3. Consumption of fruit and vegetable * 4. Consumption of alcohol * 5. Body Mass Index * 6. Exposure to asbestos 7. AIDS incidence * 8. Prevalence of hepatitis B/C * EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CANCER REGISTRATION 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Coverage of cancer registration Incidence rates * Survival rates * Prevalence proportion * Mortality rates * * Connected with other HMP projects Stage at diagnosis Person-years life lost due to cancer Completeness of the registration (DCO and Incidence / mortality) % of microscopically cases * RESULTS: INDICATORS AT HIGH PRIORITY SCREENING 18. Breast cancer screening coverage 19. Cervical cancer screening coverage 20. Colorectal cancer screening coverage 21. Organized screening process indicators TREATMENT AND CLINICAL ASPECTS 22. Interval between diagnosis and first treatment 23. Radiation equipment 24. % of centres with at least 2 radiation equipments 25. CAT Equipments 26. Compliance with guidelines 27. Patients treated by surgery / chemotherapy / radiotherapy 28. Palliative care teams RESULTS: INDICATORS AT HIGH PRIORITY MACRO SOCIAL-ECONOMIC VARIABLES 29. Education level attained * 30. Average income * 31. Gini index * 32. Gross Domestic Product * 33. Total Social Expenditure * 34. Total National Expenditure on Health * 35. Anti-tobacco regulations 36. Public Expenditure on Health for cancer 37. Total Public Expenditure on Health * 38. Private/Non Profit Expenditure on Health for cancer 39. Age distribution of population in 2010-2020-2030 * 40. Lifetables * * Connected with other HMP projects GDP and life expectancy at birth $PPP Life expectancy at birth Yrs I) GDP< 15611 72.4 II) 15611>GDP<17538 76.7 III) GDP>17538 76.8 I, Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Spain; II, UK, Finland, Holland, Sweden, Italy, and Austria; III, Iceland, Denmark, France, Germany, and Switzerland GDP and cancer incidence $PPP World-age-stand. incidence rate per 100,000 I) GDP< 15611 II) 15611>GDP<17538 III) GDP>17538 216.4 243.7 255.0 I, Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Spain; II, UK, Finland, Holland, Sweden, Italy, and Austria; III, Iceland, Denmark, France, Germany, and Switzerland GDP and cancer survival 5-year cancer relative survival $PPP % I) GDP< 15611 II) 15611>GDP<17538 III) GDP>17538 33.4 44.1 45.2 I, Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Spain; II, UK, Finland, Holland, Sweden, Italy, and Austria; III, Iceland, Denmark, France, Germany, and Switzerland GDP and cancer prevalence Cancer prevalence $PPP proportion per 100,000 I) GDP< 15611 II) 15611>GDP<17538 III) GDP>17538 1030.3 1405.5 1524.5 I, Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Spain; II, UK, Finland, Holland, Sweden, Italy, and Austria; III, Iceland, Denmark, France, Germany, and Switzerland GDP and cancer mortality World-age-stand. mortality $PPP rate per 100,000 I) GDP< 15611 II) 15611>GDP<17538 III) GDP>17538 140.5 128.3 133.6 I, Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Spain; II, UK, Finland, Holland, Sweden, Italy, and Austria; III, Iceland, Denmark, France, Germany, and Switzerland EUROCHIP PROVIDES • METHODS FOR DISCUSSING AND PROVIDING ACCEPTED INDICATORS • A LIST OF INDICATORS FOR CANCER • A FUTURE BASE TO STUDY CANCER IN EUROPE WITH THE AIM TO REDUCE INEQUALITIES AND PROMOTE HEALTH Www.istitutotumori.mi.it/project/eurochip/homepage.htm THOROUGHNESS OF THE INDICATOR LIST Dr. Andrea Micheli LIST OF EUROCHIP HIGH PRIORITY INDICATORS PREVENTION EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CANCER REG. Tobacco consumption Tobacco abstinence Exposure to asbestos Coverage of cancer registration Stage at diagnosis Person-years life lost due to cancer Completeness of the registration SCREENING Breast cancer screening coverage Cervical cancer screening coverage Colo-rectal cancer screening coverage Organised screening process indicators MACRO SOCIALECONOMIC VARIABLES Anti-tobacco regulations Indicators on Public Expendit. on Health for cancer Indicators on Private Expend. on Health for cancer TREATMENT AND CLINICAL ASP. Interval between diagnosis and first treatment Patients treated by surgery / chemotherapy / radiotherapy Radiation equipment % of centres with at least 2 radiation equipments CAT equipment Compliance with guidelines Palliative care teams FIRST DISCUSSION Occupational exposure other than asbestos (Update of CAREX) UV light HPV Pesticides ETS Recommendation/Legislation INDICATORS AT HIGH PRIORITY (1) PREVENTION 1. Tobacco consumption 2. Tobacco abstinence 3. Consumption of fruit and vegetable * 4. Consumption of alcohol * 5. Body Mass Index * 6. Exposure to asbestos 7. AIDS incidence * 8. Prevalence of hepatitis B/C * EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CANCER REGISTRATION 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Coverage of cancer registration Incidence rates * Survival rates * Prevalence proportion * Mortality rates * * Connected with other HMP projects Stage at diagnosis Person-years life lost due to cancer Completeness of the registration (DCO and Incidence / mortality) % of microscopically cases * INDICATORS AT HIGH PRIORITY (2) SCREENING 17) Breast cancer screening coverage 18) Cervical cancer screening coverage 19) Colorectal cancer screening coverage 20) Organized screening process indicators TREATMENT AND CLINICAL ASPECTS 21) 22) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) Interval between diagnosis and first treatment Radiation equipment % of centres with at least 2 radiation equipments CAT Equipments Compliance with guidelines Patients treated by surgery / chemotherapy / radiotherapy Palliative care teams INDICATORS AT HIGH PRIORITY (3) MACRO SOCIAL-ECONOMIC VARIABLES 28) Education level attained * 29) Average income * 30) Gini index * 31) Gross Domestic Product * 32) Total Social Expenditure * 33) Total National Expenditure on Health * 34) Anti-tobacco regulations 35) Public Expenditure on Health for cancer 36) Total Public Expenditure on Health * 37) Private/Non Profit Expenditure on Health for cancer 38) Age distribution of population in 2010-2020-2030 * 39) Lifetables * * Connected with other HMP projects PRIORITY LEVELS Dr. Benedetto Terracini PRIORITY LEVELS A Direct indicator – Important – With or without any problem B Indirect indicator – Important – With or without any problem C Potentially useful but with presenting a great deal of problems D Very low priority – Irrelevant DO YOU WANT SOMETHING ELSE AT HIGH PRIORITY? Lifestyle Tobacco consumption Tobacco abstinence Consumption of fruit and vegetables * Consumption of alcohol * BMI * Environment Exposure to asbestos PM10 (?) Infection Preval of Hepatitis B/C * AIDS Incidence * Macro economical indicator 5Mv.09a Public expenditure on cancer prevention against tobacco 5Mv.10a Private/Non profit exp. on cancer prevention O t h e r g r o u p s B1 B2 connected with other HMP projects C1 C2 connected with other HMP projects 1.Tobacco sales 2.Tobacco price 1.Active vs sedentary occup 2.Physical fitness 3.Physical activity at work 4.Phys activ at leisure time 5.Oral contraceptive drug 6.Hormonal replacement treatment drug 1.Radon expos in households 2.Exposure to PAH 1.Consumpt.of vegetable fibre 2.Consumption of meat 3.Cons. of processed meat INDICATORS ON TOBACCO TOBACCO CONSUMPTION Simple indicator (only cigarettes) CONTEXT National survey & Health For All DB SOURCE WHO suggests caution in comparison STANDARDIZATION No problems with the European survey No indications VARIABILITY Relevant No indications VALIDITY Under reporting Complex indicator (all type of smoking) European survey Advanced conclusion: We suggest an European survey indipendently from the indicator choice From HEALTH FOR ALL Database TOBACCO ABSTINENCE CONTEXT SOURCE STANDARDIZATION VARIABILITY VALIDITY % past smokers who quitted tobacco smoking by time since quitting European survey No problems with the European survey Relevant No problems DISCUSSION ON • Types of smoking to consider in the survey • Periodicity of the survey • Problem of children • Under-reporting: could we assume the uniformity of the under-reporting? EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS % Employers in naval dockyards CONTEXT Mortality trends for mesothelioma Difficult to find SOURCE WHO Mortality Database Problem of the exposure time STANDARDIZATION No problems No indications VARIABILITY Validation is really difficult VALIDITY Exposure to asbestos is concentrated in small areas Misclassification of cases Advanced conclusion: We suggest to use the mesothelioma mortality indicator DISCUSSION ON • Other eventual proxy for the indicator • Misclassification of mesothelioma cases First suggestion: Update CAREX Database considering as indicator “Number of exposed workers to carcinogenic” NEW INDICATORS DISCUSSION ON • Indicators for environmental risk (PM10…) • Indicators for occupational risk (Radon, PAH…) • Indicators on infection • Other indicators on lifestyle (diet, physical activity…) • Indicators on drugs EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS Dr. Andrea Micheli PUBLIC HEALTH IN EUROPE • the European past and next strategy FOCUS ON CANCER • past/present in HMP: EUROCHIP and CAMON • next: Working Party Priority areas of the public health programme General health policy Health information Health determinants Health threats By Dr. Tapani Piha Bringing programmes together -2002 Health monitoring Injury Health Cancer Pollution Aids information Rare diseases 2003By Dr. Tapani Piha Bringing programmes together -2002 Health monitoring Injury Health Cancer Pollution Aids information Rare diseases 2003By Dr. Tapani Piha Public health programme Implementation focus • European added value • Large scale (in content and geographical coverage) multi-annual and multidisciplinary • Leads to sustainable results and outputs • Relevant and contributes to policy development • Attention to the evaluation of the process and results By Dr. Tapani Piha Stages in data processing Stage 3 Data collection, processing and storage at EU level Stage 4 Analysis, advice, reporting, informing and consulting Stage 5 Mechanisms for exchanging, promoting and disseminating results Stage 2 Support to data collection at national level Stage 1 Data definition and quality development By Dr. Tapani Piha FINAL LIST OF INDICATORS Lifestyle 1. Prev. of current tobacco smokers among adults 2. Prev. of tobacco smokers among 10-14 3. Prev. of ex-smokers 4. Consumption of fruit and vegetables * 5. Fast-food 6. Consumption of alcohol * 7. BMI * 8. Physical activity * Environment 9. Prev. pop. exposed to ETS 10. PM10 11. Indoor exposure to radon 12. Awareness of risk associated to exposure to UV radiations Occupational risk 13. Prev. of occupational exposure to carcinogens 14. Exposure to asbestos: Incidence and mortality trends Medicaments 15. Hormonal Replacement Treatment Drug