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Cancers of the Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine - SEER Survival ...

Source: seer.cancer.gov
Topic: Small intestine
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Sort Desciption: the stomach (22,280) and the remainder will be cancer. of the small intestine (6,170) (1) ... percent of small intestine cancer patients (17.0%) are in the ...

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Cancers of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine together account for a approximately 3% of the malignant neoplasms diagnosed in the United States each year. Ap- proximately 43,000 people were diagnosed with one of these cancers in 2006 (1). About one-third will be can- cer of the esophagus (14,550), one-half will be cancer of the stomach (22,280) and the remainder will be cancer of the small intestine (6,170) (1). However, because as a group they have relatively poor survival rates, these upper gastrointestinal cancers are responsible for about 4.7% of the annual U.S. cancer deaths, 26,270 estimated deaths in 2006 (1). In the 14 year period 1988-2001, the SEER Program re- corded 19,410 cancers of the esophagus, 39,623 stomach cancers and 6,879 malignant neoplasms of the small in- testine (including 2,202 carcinoids). The tables and text in this chapter address some of the patient characteristics (sex, race, and age) and tumor char- acteristics (tumor stage, grade, size, subsite location, and histology) that may be associated with differences in pa- tientsâ prognosis and outcome. The text primarily cites 5-year relative survival rates as the primary outcome measure because of its wide general use. However, for cancers associated with poor survival, readers may find the tabulations of 1-, 2-, and 3-year rela- tive survival rates to be more informative. ..

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