Demographic shift disproportionately increases cancer burden in an aging nation: current and expected incidence and mortality in Hungary up to 2030

• Main Author: Kenessey I
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2018-12-01
• Series: Clinical Epidemiology
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/letter-demographic-shift-disproportionately-increases-cancer-bur-peer-reviewed-article-CLEP
• ISSN: 1179-1349

István KenesseyNational Cancer Registry of Hungary, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, HungaryI would like to thank Menyhárt et al1 for their recent publication, but I have a number of issues I would like to raise regarding the data collection and analysis.Authors’ replyOtília Menyhárt,1,2 János T Fekete,2 Balázs Győrffy1,21MTA TTK Lendület Cancer Biomarker Research Group, Institute of Enzymology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest,Hungary; 22nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryWe wish to thank Dr Kenessey for his queries and offer the following responses to help clarify the issues raised. View the original paper by Menyhárt and colleagues.