Prevalence and Incidence of Bone cancer
Bone cancer: Rare Disease
Bone cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Bone cancer, or a subtype of Bone cancer,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Bone cancer Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Bone cancer:
2,400 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate: bones and joints) ... see also overview of Bone cancer.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 113,333 or 0.00% or 2,400 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "2,400 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate: bones and joints)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Bone cancer:
2,399 per year,
199 per month,
46 per week,
6 per day,
0 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "2,400 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate: bones and joints)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence statistics for Bone cancer:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Bone cancer:
- 2,440 new cases for bone/joint cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 1,230 new male cases for bone/joint cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 1,210 new female cases for bone/joint cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- more statistics...»
Death statistics for Bone cancer:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Bone cancer:
- 720 estimated male deaths for bone/joint cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 580 estimated female deaths for bone/joint cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- more statistics...»
More Statistics about Bone cancer:
Deaths and related statistics
Hospitalization statistics
Survival rate statistics
All statistics for Bone cancer
Prevalence/Incidence of Bone cancer: Online Medical Books
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Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration,
for more information about the prevalence and/or incidence of Bone cancer.
Primary malignant bone tumors:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Causes of primary malignant bone tumors are unknown. Some researchers suggest that primary malignant bone tumors arise in areas of rapid growth because children and young adults with such tumors seem to be much taller than average. Additional theories point to heredity, trauma, and excessive radiotherapy.
For incidence information, see Comparing primary malignant bone tumors.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Malignant spinal neoplasms:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Primary tumors of the spinal cord may be extramedullary (occurring outside the spinal cord) or intramedullary (occurring within the cord itself). Extramedullary tumors may be intradural (meningiomas and schwannomas), which account for 60% of all primary malignant spinal cord neoplasms, or extradural (metastatic tumors from breasts, lungs, prostate, leukemia, or lymphomas), which account for 25% of these malignant neoplasms.
Intramedullary tumors, or gliomas (astrocytomas or ependymomas), are comparatively rare, accounting for only about 10%. In children, they're low-grade astrocytomas.
Spinal cord tumors are rare compared with intracranial tumors (ratio of 1:4). They occur equally in men and women, with the exception of meningiomas, which occur mostly in women. Spinal cord tumors can occur anywhere along the length of the cord or its roots.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Bone cancer usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Bone cancer at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Bone cancer refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Bone cancer diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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