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Diseases » Digestive system cancer » Prognosis

Prognosis of Digestive system cancer

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Digestive system cancer: 134,840 estimated deaths for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)

Estimated mortality rate for Digestive system cancer from incidence and deaths statistics:

Deaths: 134,840 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 134,840 estimated deaths for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004))
Incidence: 255,640 (USA annual incidence calculated from this data: 255,640 new cases for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
52.7% (ratio of deaths to incidence).
See also Deaths and Digestive system cancer and Overview of Digestive system cancer.

Death Statistics for Digestive system cancer

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths related to Digestive system cancer:

73,240 estimated male deaths for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
61,600 estimated female deaths for digestive system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
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About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Digestive system cancer usually refers to the likely outcome of Digestive system cancer. The prognosis of Digestive system cancer may include the duration of Digestive system cancer, chances of complications of Digestive system cancer, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Digestive system cancer, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Digestive system cancer. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.