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. 2005 May;1(1):15–19. doi: 10.1200/jop.2005.1.1.15

Table 2.

Annual Admission Rates by Diagnosis During 2003 for the Five Most Common Cancers

Diagnosis No. of Patients Who Received at Least One Dose of Chemotherapy in 2003 Patients Admitted with Treatment-Related Toxicity During 2003
No. of Patients %
Lung 131 7 5
Breast 91 4 4
Colorectal 65 13 20
NHL 39 7 18
Esophagus* 26 4 15

NHL = non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

*

Includes patients with gastroesophageal junction tumors