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. 2023 Jun 20;13(3):17–27. doi: 10.5493/wjem.v13.i3.17

Table 1.

Cancer distribution by affected organs and gender


All, n = 6106
Females, n = 4169 (68.3%)
Males, n = 1937 (31.7%)
Breast 1631 (26.7) 1560 (37.4) 71 (3.7)
Cervix 1138 (18.6) 1138 (27.3) -
Prostate 678 (11.1) - 678 (35)
Skin 356 (5.8) 186 (4.5) 170 (8.8)
Blood and LO 206 (3.4) 95 (2.3) 111 (5.7)
Uterus 196 (3.2) 196 (4.7) -
Colon 173 (2.8) 92 (2.2) 81 (4.2)
Lungs 161 (2.6) 60 (1.4) 101 (5.2)
Stomach 112 (1.8) 45 (1.1) 67 (3.5)
Bone 110 (1.8) 58 (1.4) 52 (2.7)
Thyroid 106 (1.7) 84 (2) 22 (1.1)
Anus/rectum 97 (1.6) 51 (1.2) 46 (2.4)
KS 87 (1.4) 22 (0.5) 65 (3.4)
Soft tissue 87 (1.4) 52 (1.2) 35 (1.8)
Eye 77 (1.3) 35 (0.8) 42 (2.2)
Ovary 77 (1.3) 77 (1.8) -
Mouth 76 (1.2) 44 (1.1) 32 (1.7)
Vagina 75 (1.2) 75 (1.8) -
Urinary bladder 73 (1.2) 32 (0.8) 41 (2.1)
Larynx 65 (1.1) 11 (0.3) 54 (2.8)
Nose 62 (1.0) 28 (0.7) 34 (1.8)
Peritoneum 51 (0.8) 24 (0.6) 27 (1.4)
Liver 49 (0.8) 24 (0.6) 25 (1.3)
Kidneys 41 (0.7) 21 (0.5) 20 (1)
Vulva 41 (0.7) 41 (1) -
Ureter 33 (0.5) 14 (0.3) 19 (1)
Pharynx/nasopharynx 33 (0.5) 19 (0.4) 14 (0.7)
Intestines 29 (0.5) 16 (0.4) 13 (0.7)
Pancreas 29 (0.5) 13 (0.3) 16 (0.8)
Greater omentum 22 (0.4) 15 (0.4) 7 (0.4)
Esophagus 21 (0.3) 8 (0.2) 13 (0.7)
Penis 20 (0.3) - 20 (1)
Testicles 20 (0.3) - 20 (1)
Tonsils 13 (0.2) 5 (0.1) 8 (0.4)
Brain 10 (0.2) 6 (0.1) 4 (0.2)
Coecum 10 (0.2) 4 (0.1) 6 (0.3)
Vocal cords 8 (0.1) 1 (0.0) 7 (0.4)
Ears 7 (0.1) 5 (0.1) 2 (0.1)
Parotid glands 7 (0.1) 2 (0.0) 5 (0.3)
Duodenum 6 (0.1) 2 (0.0) 4 (0.2)
Palate 4 (0.1) 4 (0.1) 0 (0.0)
Forehead 2 (0.0) 1 (0.0) 1 (0.1)
Glottis 2 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.1)
Trachea 2 (0.0) 1 (0.0) 1 (0.1)
Sweat glands 1 (0.0) 1 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Maxillary 1 (0.0) 1 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Spleen 1 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1)

LO: Lymphoid organ; KS: Kaposi Sarcoma.