Parallelism in the mortality clustering of the most frequent cancer sites in Italy and in the Marche region

Abstract

Clusters of selected cancer sites mortality, regarding Italy and the Marche region, were compared. Very similar associations were found both in males and in females, in particular between the alcohol-tobacco-related sites. Many clusters agree with the international literature, while others could constitute a starting point for formulating new hypotheses.

Cancer incidence in men: a cluster analysis of spatial patterns

“…events concentrated in time or space that are unlikely to be due to chance alone). In the study of geographical disease distribution cluster analysis is infrequently used, [ 9 ] although it is more descriptive than joint spatial modeling, and characterizes local areas where shared factor(s) generate(s) a cluster of cancers. As it is exploratory and quickly identifies latent spatial fields, it may be considered a screening tool for identifying candidate cancer sites that should be included in a joint disease mapping analysis.…”