Table 3.
Incidence of patients with cancer associated anaemia in Greece and categorization per type of anaemia treatment
Type of cancer | % Of patients with cancer associated anaemia on treatment1 | Newly diagnosed cancer patients in Greece2 | Number of Greek patients with cancer associated anaemia or treatment1,2 | Number of Greek patients on treatment with ESAs (17,4%)1,2 | Number of Greek patients on treatment with transfusion (14,9%)1,2 | Number of Greek patients on treatment with iron only (6,5%)1,2 | Number of Greek patients under no treatment (61,2%)1,2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breast |
26.2 |
4.349 |
1.139 |
198 |
170 |
74 |
697 |
Lung |
47.7 |
6.667 |
3.180 |
553 |
474 |
207 |
1.946 |
Gl-Colon |
33 |
5.062 |
1.670 |
291 |
249 |
109 |
1.022 |
Head & Neck |
46.1 |
1.100 |
507 |
88 |
76 |
33 |
310 |
Gynaecological |
42.7 |
2.026 |
865 |
151 |
129 |
56 |
529 |
Lymphoma/myeloma |
47.4 |
1.388 |
658 |
114 |
98 |
43 |
403 |
Leukaemia |
53.3 |
1.512 |
806 |
140 |
120 |
52 |
493 |
Urogenital |
43 |
5.610 |
2.412 |
420 |
359 |
157 |
1.476 |
Other |
36.5 |
9.375 |
3.422 |
595 |
510 |
222 |
2.094 |
Total | 375.9 | 37.089 | 14.660 | 2.551 | 2.184 | 953 | 8.972 |
Sources: 1(Ludwig et al. 2004), 2WHO-Globocan 2008.