|

2003 Activity Report
|
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
| Analytic
cancer cases * |
423
|
470
|
435
|
| Non-analytic
cancer cases ** |
27
|
37
|
53
|
| Cases
presented at Tumor Board |
167
|
150
|
148
|
| Total
cases in Registry (1986 - 2002) |
8,621
|
9,153
|
--
|
| Change
of Reference Date (1996 - 2003) |
--
|
--
|
3,912
|
| Total
Hospital discharges (excluding newborns) |
4,743
|
4,916
|
4,865
|
| Radiation
Therapy Patient Treatments |
6,606
|
9,297
|
9,378
|
| Accepted
Hospice Program Referrals |
344
|
414
|
370
|
* 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.
2003 Site Incidence
of Top Ten Most Prevalent Cancers
(compared
to total number of cases diagnosed)
|
Primary
Site
|
Rice
Memorial Hospital
|
USA
|
|
Cases
|
Percent
|
Cases
|
Percent
|
| Breast |
89
|
20.46%
|
211,300
|
15.8%
|
| Lung |
58
|
13.33%
|
171,900
|
12.9%
|
| Prostate |
65
|
14.94%
|
220,900
|
16.6%
|
| Colorectal |
51
|
11.72%
|
147,500
|
11.1%
|
| Bladder |
21
|
4.83%
|
57,400
|
4.3%
|
| NH
Lymphoma |
13
|
2.99%
|
53,400
|
4.3%
|
| Corpus
Uteri |
20
|
4.60%
|
40,100
|
3.0%
|
| Melanoma |
13
|
2.99%
|
54,200
|
4.1%
|
| Leukemia |
6
|
1.38%
|
30,600
|
2.3%
|
| Cervix |
4
|
0.92%
|
12,200
|
0.9%
|
| All
Others |
95
|
21.84%
|
334,600
|
25.1%
|
| Total
Cases |
435
|
100%
|
1,334,100
|
100%
|
* Taken from ACS
Facts/Figures 2002
(ACS = American Cancer Society)

2003 Cancer Site
Incidence Report
Analytic Cases 2001
- 2003
(Those people who were diagnosed and/or received their first course
of therapy at Rice Memorial Hospital)
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
| Oral Cavity |
8
|
12
|
3
|
| Lip |
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Other |
8
|
13
|
2
|
| Digestive |
82
|
82
|
75
|
| Esophagus |
7
|
4
|
7
|
| Stomach |
6
|
7
|
5
|
| Colon |
36
|
32
|
39
|
| Rectum |
19
|
20
|
12
|
| Anus/Anal Canal |
2
|
3
|
1
|
| Liver |
0
|
3
|
0
|
| Pancreas |
8
|
7
|
7
|
| Other |
4
|
6
|
4
|
| Respiratory
System |
50
|
70
|
60
|
| Larynx |
5
|
2
|
1
|
| Lung/Bronchus |
44
|
67
|
58
|
| Other |
1
|
1
|
1
|
| Bone &
Bone Marrow |
16
|
12
|
17
|
| Leukemia |
7
|
7
|
6
|
| Multiple Myeloma |
4
|
4
|
6
|
| Other |
5
|
1
|
5
|
| Bone |
2
|
0
|
1
|
| Connect/Soft
Tissue |
0
|
3
|
3
|
| Skin |
8
|
8
|
14
|
| Melanoma |
6
|
8
|
13
|
| Other |
2
|
0
|
1
|
| Breast |
93
|
96
|
89
|
| Female Genital |
14
|
29
|
27
|
| Cervix Uteri |
2
|
4
|
4
|
| Corpus Uteri |
11
|
16
|
20
|
| Ovary |
1
|
8
|
2
|
| Other |
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Male Genital |
66
|
77
|
70
|
| Prostate |
61
|
71
|
65
|
| Testis |
5
|
6
|
5
|
| Urinary System |
44
|
38
|
31
|
| Bladder |
32
|
19
|
21
|
| Kidney |
11
|
18
|
8
|
| Other |
1
|
1
|
2
|
| Brain &
CNS |
1
|
6
|
3
|
| Brain (Malignant) |
1
|
6
|
3
|
| Endocrine |
12
|
7
|
8
|
| Thyroid |
11
|
7
|
7
|
| Other |
1
|
0
|
1
|
| Lymphatic
System |
13
|
17
|
15
|
| Hodgkin's Disease |
2
|
1
|
2
|
| Non Hodgkin's |
11
|
16
|
13
|
| Unknown Primary |
12
|
8
|
19
|
| Other/Ill-Defined |
4
|
3
|
0
|
| Total |
423
|
470
|
435
|
|