Table 5.
Cancer treatment according to site of first primary cancer in Germany (Munich Cancer Registry [1977–1993] unless mentioned otherwise; data sources,[32,33])
| |
Treatment of first primary cancer |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of first primary cancer | Only surg | Only radio | Only chemo | Surg + radio | Surg + chemo | Surg + other therapy | Radio + chemo | Surg + radio + chemo | Other therapy | Row sum |
| mouth |
32% |
13% |
3% |
32% |
1% |
/ |
13% |
6% |
/ |
100% |
| oropharynx |
10% |
21% |
2% |
37% |
1% |
/ |
19% |
12% |
/ |
100% |
| oesophagus |
33% |
21% |
/ |
12% |
/ |
/ |
20% |
/ |
14% |
100% |
| stomach |
90% |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
10% |
100% |
| colon |
92% |
/ |
/ |
/ |
8% |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
100% |
| rectum |
80% |
/ |
/ |
9% |
5% |
/ |
/ |
7% |
/ |
100% |
| pancreas |
100% |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
100% |
| larynx |
38% |
20% |
/ |
37% |
/ |
/ |
/ |
5% |
/ |
100% |
| non-small cell trachea/bronchus/lung |
40% |
25% |
6% |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
30% |
100% |
| small cell trachea/bronchus/lung |
6% |
7% |
46% |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
41% |
100% |
| kidney |
100%12 |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
100% |
| urinary bladder |
100%3 |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
/ |
100% |
| leukemia | / | / | 100%14 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 100 % |
surg, surgery; radio, radiotherapy; chemo, chemotherapy; bold type, the three most frequent treatments in each cancer site; 1treatment recommended by Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (2008); 2treatment with curative intent only; 3invasive cancer only; 4including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; due to rounding error, row percentages do not always add up to 100 percent.