What is Digestive system cancer?
What is Digestive system cancer?
- Digestive system cancer: A malignancy that affects the gastrointestinal cancer.
Digestive system cancer: Introduction
Types of Digestive system cancer:
Types of Digestive system cancer:
Broader types of Digestive system cancer:
How many people get Digestive system cancer?
Incidence (annual) of Digestive system cancer: 255,640 new cases for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
Incidence Rate of Digestive system cancer: approx 1 in 1,063 or 0.09% or 255,640 people in USA [about data]
How serious is Digestive system cancer?
Deaths for Digestive system cancer: 134,840 estimated deaths for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
What causes Digestive system cancer?
Causes of Digestive system cancer: see causes of Digestive system cancer
What are the symptoms of Digestive system cancer?
Symptoms of Digestive system cancer:
see symptoms of Digestive system cancer
Digestive system cancer: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Digestive system cancer.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Digestive system cancer.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Digestive system cancer:
see treatments for Digestive system cancer
Research for Digestive system cancer:
see research for Digestive system cancer
Society issues for Digestive system cancer
Hospitalization statistics for Digestive system cancer:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Digestive system cancer:
- 2.07% (263,703) of hospital episodes were for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 89% of hospital consultations for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 61% of hospital episodes for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 39% of hospital episodes for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 14% of hospital admissions for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 11.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Digestive system cancer:
Organs and body systems related to Digestive system cancer include:
Name and Aliases of Digestive system cancer
Main name of condition: Digestive system cancer
Other names or spellings for Digestive system cancer:
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