RESISTER OF CANCERS IN REUNION ISLAND - D ATA OF THE 5 FIRST YEARS OFREGISTRATION

After explaining the purposes of a general cancer register in Reunion island and describing objectives and running, main results from 1988 t o 1992 are introduced. Comparison with EUROCIM network shows that canc er standardized incidence (all sites) in Reunion island is at the same level as in Martinique and lower than in other registers. Nevertheles s some cancers are particularly frequent. For men, as for most Europea n registers, lung cancer (15 %) is the most frequent diagnosed cancer, followed by esophagus and stomach cancers. Reunion island belongs to areas with highest incidence rates for esophagus cancer. Breast cancer (21 %), despite a lower incidence than in Europe, is still the first female cancer, followed by cervix cancer (18 %) which incidence, as in Martinique,is very high. We don't notice high discrepancies between m ortality rates and incidence rates in Reunion island during that perio d.