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2007 Oncology Registry Report
Brain and Central Nervous System Cancers
For the 2006 calendar year – the most prevalent primary cancer site at UIHC was malignant and benign brain and CNS (central nervous system) tumors. These tumors account for 10.4% of the UI Hospitals and Clinics total analytic cases accessioned this past year. Divided by sex, 54% of the brain/CNS is male and 46% female.
According to American Cancer Society 2006 surveillance research there are an estimated 160 cancer deaths in the state of Iowa in 2006 for brain/CNS tumors. Estimated new brain/CNS tumors for 2006, by sex are male 10,730 and female 8,090.
UI Hospitals and Clinics demonstrates similar percentages of brain/CNS tumors, by sex. While brain/CNS tumors account for only 1.3% of the overall estimated new cancer cases in the United States, the UI Hospitals and Clinics figures for brain/CNS tumors represent 10.4% of our overall annual incidence of new cancer cases.
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