Errata: Ontario Cancer Statistics 2018

Chapter 3: Emerging Issues in Cancer Control

Table 3.7:

• An error in the count for “Total exceeding recommended wait time” for female breast cancer for priority level II

All electronic documents were corrected 

Correct number: 642 

April 5, 2019

Chapter 4: Cancer Incidence Rates and Trends

Figure 4.3:

• An error in the count and percentage of colorectal cancer cases for stage III in the figure, footnotes and associated text 

a)    Full report: PDF & print
b)    Chapter 4 individual chapter PDF
c)    “Cancer incidence in Ontario” PowerPoint
d)    Data Tables workbook

a)    Pages 14, 76-77
b)    Pages 76-77
c)    Slide #8
d)    Tab “Figure 4.3”

All electronic documents were corrected

Correct numbers:

• Figure: Stage III (colorectal): 29.9%
• Figure footnotes: Colorectal n = 7,029 (excludes unknown stage = 233)

Correct statements:

• Page 14: “The greatest proportion of staged colorectal cancer cases in 2013 were diagnosed at stage III (29.9%)”
• Page 77: “The majority of staged colorectal cancer cases were diagnosed at stage II (26.4%) or stage III (29.9%)”

August 29, 2018
 

Chapter 4: Cancer Incidence Rates and Trends

Table 4.3:

• Errors in the counts and/or age-specific incidence rates and/or confidence intervals for the following cancer types:
  • All cancers
  • Bladder
  • Brain
  • Breast (female)
  • Kidney
  • Leukemia
  • Melanoma
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Ovary
  • Prostate
     

a)    Full report: PDF & print
b)    Chapter 4 individual chapter PDF
c)    Data Tables workbook
 

a)    Pages 67-68
b)    Pages 67-68
c)    Tab “Table 4.3”
 

All electronic documents were corrected 

April 5, 2019
 

Chapter 5: Cancer Mortality Rates and Trends

Table 5.3:

• Errors in the counts and/or age-specific mortality rates and confidence intervals
   

a)    Full report: PDF & print
b)    Chapter 5 individual chapter PDF
c)    Data Tables workbook
 

a)    Pages 88-89
b)    Pages 88-89
c)    Tab “Table 5.3”
 

All electronic documents were corrected

April 5, 2019

Chapter 8: Cancer Statistics by Public Health Unit

Table 8.1:

• Errors in the age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) for lung cancer, males, for most public health units in the table and associated visualization
   

All electronic documents were corrected 

Chapter 8: Cancer Statistics by Public Health Unit

Table 8.4:

• Errors in the confidence intervals for the age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) for breast cancer, females, for all public health units in the table 
• Error in the count for lung cancer, males, for York Region
   

All electronic documents were corrected 

Correct number (Lung Cancer, York Region): 397

Technical Appendix

Table TA.1:

• Errors in the “DCO” and “Microscopically confirmed” number and percentage of cases and associated text  
   

All electronic documents were corrected

Correct statements (Page 151):

• “Overall, 1.8% of cases diagnosed in 2013 were DCOs. The percentage ranged from a low of zero for testicular cancer to a high of 4.9% for liver cancer.” 
• “For all cancer types, 89.8% of cases were microscopically confirmed.”
• “The percentage microscopically confirmed varied from a low of 56.8% for liver cancer to a high of 99.3% for thyroid cancer.”

Technical Appendix

Analysis, Cancer Incidence and Mortality:

• Errors in statements referencing the year range under the  “Projections” section
   

All electronic documents were corrected

Correct statements:

• “For incidence projections, cases meeting the IARC/IACR multiple primary rules from 1984 to 2012 were grouped by five-year age groups and time periods.”
• “Population data was similarly aggregated (with the exception of bladder cancer for which cases were grouped from 1994 to 2012 due to the classification changes since 1989).”
• “Mortality projections were also performed using a Nordpred Power 5 age-period-cohort model using cancer deaths from 1984 to 2012 divided into five-year age groups and time periods."