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Baptist Cancer Program - Baptist Memorial Health Care

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Leading Sites of <strong>Cancer</strong> Cases by Gender<br />

*Estimated <strong>Cancer</strong> Cases from the American <strong>Cancer</strong> Society <strong>Cancer</strong> Facts & Figures 2010<br />

<strong>Cancer</strong> Site <strong>Baptist</strong> *National<br />

Prostate 30% 28%<br />

Lung & Bronchus 16% 15%<br />

Colon & Rectum 10% 9%<br />

Urinary Bladder 4% 7%<br />

Melanoma of Skin 4% 5%<br />

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 3% 4%<br />

Kidney & Renal Pelvis 6% 4%<br />

Oral Cavity & Pharynx 2% 3%<br />

Leukemia 3% 3%<br />

Pancreas 3% 3%<br />

No significant difference is seen in the <strong>Baptist</strong> male population<br />

incidence in the leading cancer sites, with the exception of urinary<br />

bladder which seems to be a bit lower at <strong>Baptist</strong>.<br />

<strong>Cancer</strong> Site <strong>Baptist</strong> *National<br />

Breast 31% 28%<br />

Lung & Bronchus 11% 14%<br />

Colon & Rectum 8% 10%<br />

Uterine Corpus 11% 6%<br />

Thyroid 4% 5%<br />

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 2% 4%<br />

Melanoma of Skin 2% 4%<br />

Kidney & Renal Pelvis 5% 3%<br />

Ovary 6% 3%<br />

Pancreas 2% 3%<br />

The <strong>Baptist</strong> female population demonstrates differences with the<br />

national data in the leading cancer sites. As seen above, <strong>Baptist</strong><br />

sees a higher percentage of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancers.<br />

Females show a lesser percentage of lung cancer seen at <strong>Baptist</strong>.<br />

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