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. 2012 Jun 18;12:250. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-250

Table 4.

Frequency distribution of treatment according to site of first primary cancer (Bavaria; 2002–2008; DCO cases excluded; treatments are grouped so that at least the three most frequent treatments of each cancer site are shown)

 
Treatment
Site of first primary cancer Surg Radio Chemo Other therapy Surg + radio Surg + chemo Surg + other therapy Radio + chemo Chemo + other therapy Surg + radio + chemo Other treatment No treatment Missing Row sum
mouth, pharynx
2,844
430
78
380
1,762
82
422
1,016
28
1,192
484
219
1,391
10,328
(28%)
(4%)
(1%)
(4%)
(17%)
(1%)
(4%)
(10%)
(0%)
(12%)
(5%)
(2%)
(14%)
(100%)
oesophagus
764
203
232
350
46
167
154
495
66
232
271
204
985
4,169
(18%)
(5%)
(6%)
(8%)
(1%)
(4%)
(4%)
(12%)
(2%)
(6%)
(7%)
(5%)
(24%)
(100%)
stomach
6,519
51
751
160
39
1,192
249
65
92
274
234
677
3,041
13,344
(49%)
(0%)
(6%)
(1%)
(0%)
(9%)
(2%)
(1%)
(1%)
(2%)
(2%)
(5%)
(23%)
(100%)
colon, rectum
29,367
223
342
567
656
7,861
2,013
623
56
3,927
1,855
783
5,189
53,462
(55%)
(0%)
(1%)
(1%)
(1%)
(15%)
(4%)
(1%)
(0%)
(7%)
(4%)
(2%)
(10%)
(100%)
pancreas
1,837
40
1,430
232
39
1,134
167
159
198
185
305
393
1,946
8,065
(23%)
(1%)
(18%)
(3%)
(1%)
(14%)
(2%)
(2%)
(3%)
(2%)
(4%)
(5%)
(24%)
(100%)
larynx
1,359
121
21
41
357
21
69
129
6
228
76
64
397
2,889
(47%)
(4%)
(1%)
(1%)
(12%)
(1%)
(2%)
(5%)
(0%)
(8%)
(3%)
(2%)
(14%)
(100%)
bronchus, lung
4,538
1,876
4,506
579
825
1,294
226
3,072
640
957
1,588
1,428
5,617
27,146
(17%)
(7%)
(17%)
(2%)
(3%)
(5%)
(1%)
(11%)
(2%)
(4%)
(6%)
(5%)
(21%)
(100%)
kidney
9,013
46
30
55
140
135
165
3
16
35
238
93
875
10,844
(83%)
(0%)
(0%)
(1%)
(1%)
(1%)
(2%)
(0%)
(0%)
(0%)
(2%)
(1%)
(8%)
(100%)
urinary tract
1,119
3
7
7
41
148
29
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2
27
15
23
149
1,570
(71%)
(0%)
(0%)
(0%)
(3%)
(9%)
(2%)
 
(0%)
(2%)
(1%)
(2%)
(10%)
(100%)
urinary bladder
13,306
13
17
16
219
1,562
467
10
4
234
172
206
2,226
18,452
(72%)
(0%)
(0%)
(0%)
(1%)
(9%)
(3%)
(0%)
(0%)
(1%)
(1%)
(1%)
(12%)
(100%)
leukemia 99
84
1,743
224
5
37
5
219
633
8
188
770
2,451
6,466
(2%) (1%) (27%) (4%) (0%) (1%) (0%) (3%) (10%) (0%) (3%) (12%) (38%) (100%)

surg, surgery; radio, radiotherapy; chemo, chemotherapy; further details about ‘other therapy’ are not available; other treatment, other combinations of therapies; bold type, the three most frequent treatments of each cancer site; due to rounding error, row percentages do not always add up to 100 percent.