2002 Activity Report

2000
2001
2002
Analytic cancer cases *
365
423
470
Non-analytic cancer cases **
39
27
37
Cases presented at Tumor Board
115
167
150
Total cases in Registry (1986 - 2001)
8,322
8,621
9,153
Total Hospital discharges (excluding newborns)
4,773
4,743
4,916
Radiation Therapy Patient Treatments
3,577
6,606
9,297
Accepted Hospice Program Referrals
441
344
414

* Those people who were diagnosed and/or received their first course of therapy at Rice Memorial Hospital

** Those people who are first seen at Rice Memorial Hospital after a full course of therapy has been completed or were first diagnosed at autopsy with unsuspected malignancy.

2002 Site Incidence of Top Four Cancers
(compared to total number of cases diagnosed)

Site
Rice Memorial Hospital
Minnesota *
Nationwide *
Men
Women
Men
Women
Men
Women
Breast
---
20% (96)
---
111.3%
---
114.3%
Prostate
15% (71)
---
149.5%
---
142%
---
Lung
7.2% (33)
7.2% (34)
62.8%
37%
72.6%
43.5%
Colon/Rectum
6.9% (30)
4.9% (23)
51%
36.9%
52.2%
37.5%

* Taken from ACS Facts/Figures 2002
(ACS = American Cancer Society)

2002 Cancer Site Incidence Report

Analytic Cases 2000 - 2002
(Those people who were diagnosed and/or received their first course of therapy at Rice Memorial Hospital)

2000
2001
2002
Head & Neck
12
9
14
Lip and Oral Cavity
4
5
9
Salivary gland
3
1
1
Pharynx
5
3
4
Digestive
51
82
82
Esophagus
4
7
4
Gastric
3
6
7
Small Intestine
1
2
1
Colon & Rectum
32
53
53
Anus/Anal Canal
0
2
3
Pancreas
8
8
7
Retroperitoneum/Peritoneum
0
3
1
Gallbladder
0
1
2
Liver-Bile Ducts
3
0
2
Other Bilary
0
0
2
Respiratory
46
44
70
Larynx, Accessory Sinus
0
5
3
Bronchus, Lung, Pleura
46
44
67
Bone, Connective Tissue, Skin
12
11
10
Connective, subcutaneous and other
2
1
3
Bone
0
2
0
Skin (excluding basal and squamous)
10
8
7
Female Specific
17
15
30
Cervix Uteri
1
2
4
Corpus Uteri
10
11
16
Ovary
5
2
9
Other female genital
1
0
1
Breast
83
93
96
Male Specific
69
67
77
Prostate
67
61
71
Testis
1
6
6
Penis
1
0
0
Urinary
35
46
38
Bladder
23
33
19
Kidney
12
11
15
Renal Pelvis/Ureter
0
2
4
Nervous System
3
2
7
Brain; Spinal Cord
3
2
7
Other
37
51
46
Thyroid, other endocrine glands
8
13
7
Hematopoietic/Reticuloendothelial/Myeloplastic
1
3
2
Hodgkin's & Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma
15
11
17
Leukemia
2
6
5
Multiple Myeloma
2
4
6
Unknown/ill-defined sites
9
14
9
Total
365
423
470

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