Sutter Health Cancer Services and Programs

S t a t i s t i c a l O v e r v i e wOverviewSutter Health 2004 Cancer Registry DataThis overview presents an analysis of 8,139 new cases of cancer 1 diagnosed and/ortreated at the nine ACoS-accredited Sutter Health institutions during 2004. Thisrepresents a very small (2%) increase in systemwide volume over last year’s totals. 2PATIENT VOLUME BY CLASSOF CASE (Figure 1)Figure 1 shows the variability in thetotal number of cancer cases reportedin 2004 at each of the nine Sutter Healthhospitals. Year 2004 overall case volumeranged from 359 at EMC to 1,937 atCPMC, for a total of 9,539 cases systemwide.Eighty-five percent of these cases(8,139) were newly diagnosed and/orreceived the first course of treatment atone of the nine Sutter centers. These aredesignated as “analytic” cases and allfurther analyses are restricted to thesedata.Figure 12004 Sutter Health Analytic Cancer CasesPatient Volume by class of CaseAGE AT DIAGNOSISOverallGenerally similar patterns were seen atall institutions, with the number of cancerpatients peaking in the 70–79 agerange. Almost 50% of cancer patientswere diagnosed in the 60–79 age range,and 83% were age 50 or over at thetime of diagnosis. The median age atdiagnosis was 65 years. The median ageranged from 62 (ABMC) to 71 (EMC).ABMC, SMCS and CPMC had theyoungest cancer patient populations,and EMC and MPHS had the oldest.These trends reflect differences in boththe underlying demographics of thecommunities served and the relativeincidence of the most prevalent cancersseen at each institution. The male cancerpatient population is slightly olderthan the female cancer patient population(median age is 67 vs. 64). Thesedata are consistent with those seen overthe last nine years in the Sutter Healthcancer patient population.Eric Gold, Oncology Analyst/ProgrammerSee page two for abbreviations forSutter Health institutions.1In order to be consistent with previous Sutter HealthCancer Programs Annual Reports, which included onlymalignant neoplasms, this analysis does not includebenign neoplasms of the brain and central nervoussystem, which are reportable in the state of California,beginning with cases diagnosed Jan. 1, 2001, and later.However, these cases have been included in the primarysite tables for each facility at the end of this report.2It is important to note that hospital cancer registry datareflect patients diagnosed and treated in the hospital,unlike population-based cancer registry data such asthose reported by the California Cancer Registry and atthe SEER registry of the National Cancer Institute, whichrepresent all patients diagnosed in a defined population. 2005 Annual Cancer Center Report — 2004 Statistical Review | 33