Prevalence and Incidence of Genital system cancer
Prevalance of types of Genital system cancer:
For details see prevalence of types of Genital system cancer analysis; summary of available prevalence data:
Genital system cancer Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Genital system cancer:
323,210 new cases for genital system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004) ... see also overview of Genital system cancer.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 841 or 0.12% or 323,210 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "323,210 new cases for genital system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Genital system cancer:
323,210 per year,
26,934 per month,
6,215 per week,
885 per day,
36 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "323,210 new cases for genital system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence of types of Genital system cancer:
For details see incidence of types of Genital system cancer analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:
Incidence statistics for Genital system cancer:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Genital system cancer:
- 240,660 new male cases for genital system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 82,550 new female cases for genital system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
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Death statistics for Genital system cancer:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Genital system cancer:
- 30,530 estimated male deaths for genital system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 28,720 estimated female deaths for genital system cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
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Prevalence/Incidence of Genital system cancer: Online Medical Books
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Uterine cancer:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Uterine cancer seems linked to several predisposing factors:
❑abnormal uterine bleeding
❑diabetes
❑familial tendency
❑history of uterine polyps or endometrial hyperplasia
❑hypertension
❑low fertility index and anovulation
❑nulliparity
❑obesity
❑uninterrupted estrogen stimulation.
In most cases, uterine cancer is an adenocarcinoma that metastasizes late, usually from the endometrium to the cervix, ovaries, fallopian tubes, and other peritoneal structures. It may spread to distant organs, such as the lungs and the brain, through the blood or the lymphatic system. Lymph node involvement can also occur. Less common are adenoacanthoma, endometrial stromal sarcoma, lymphosarcoma, mixed mesodermal tumors (including carcinosarcoma), and leiomyosarcoma.
Uterine cancer usually affects postmenopausal women between ages 50 and 60; it's uncommon between ages 30 and 40 and extremely rare before age 30. Most premenopausal women who develop uterine cancer have a history of anovulatory menstrual cycles or other hormonal imbalance. About 37,000 new cases of uterine cancer are reported annually, with approximately 6,400 deaths predicted for 1999.
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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 Genital system cancer usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Genital system cancer at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Genital system cancer refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Genital system 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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