Cancer program annual report 2010 - Evangelical Community Hospital

Number of Patients
10
8
6
4
2
0
Figure 1
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
Age Range
70-79
80-89
Female
Male
90-99
Overview
At Evangelical, 41 cases of colorectal cancer were treated during
2009. Of those, 59 percent were male and 41 percent were female.
Average age distributions at the time of diagnosis were higher for
males (70-79 years of age) when compared with the female cohort
(60-69 years of age), (see Figure 1).
Stage at Diagnosis
With respect to the stage of disease present at the time of diagnosis,
no real trend is apparent insofar as comparative analysis to statewide
data is concerned. It does appear, however, that a significantly higher
number of Stage 0 cancers were surgically treated at Evangelical
when compared with the rest of the state (see Figure 2).
The bulk of cancers treated at Evangelical comprised early stage
cancer, i.e., Stage 0 and I colon cancers. Further illustration of the
stage at the time of diagnosis can be found in Figure 3.
30
25
Evangelical
PA
19.51%
20
21.95%
Percent
15
10
17.07%
5
5.00%
0
0 I II III IV Unknown
9.76%
14.63%
Figure 2
Stage
Figure 3
12.20%
0 I IV IIA IIIB IIIC IIIA
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