Table 1.
Case counts by primary cancer type (first or only), cancers using SEER multiple primary (MP) rules, and cancers using IACR MP rules for the leading cancers among males and females, all races combined, aged 15 years or older (SEER-11: 1995–2008)
| Site | First | SEER MP
|
IACR MP
|
Difference
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) # |
(b) # |
(c) % (b/a + b) |
(d) # |
(e) % (d/a + d) |
% (c – e) |
Rank | |
| Male | |||||||
| All sites | 1,015,564 | 189,933 | 15.8 | 171,363 | 14.4 | 1.3 | |
| Oral cavity and pharynx | 29,786 | 6,567 | 18.1 | 5,858 | 16.4 | 1.6 | 5 |
| Esophagus | 13,635 | 3,078 | 18.4 | 3,050 | 18.3 | 0.1 | |
| Stomach | 21,501 | 4,427 | 17.1 | 4,369 | 16.9 | 0.2 | |
| Colon and rectum | 102,158 | 25,179 | 19.8 | 20,977 | 17.0 | 2.7 | 4 |
| Liver and intrahepatic bile duct | 20,797 | 2,584 | 11.1 | 2,568 | 11.0 | 0.1 | |
| Pancreas | 23,187 | 4,933 | 17.5 | 4,928 | 17.5 | 0.0 | |
| Larynx | 11,648 | 2,536 | 17.9 | 2,434 | 17.3 | 0.6 | |
| Lung and bronchus | 129,085 | 33,367 | 20.5 | 31,067 | 19.4 | 1.1 | |
| Melanoma of the skin | 42,019 | 11,652 | 21.7 | 7,923 | 15.9 | 5.8 | 1 |
| Prostate | 335,565 | 31,951 | 8.7 | 31,939 | 8.7 | 0.0 | |
| Testis | 14,394 | 589 | 3.9 | 317 | 2.2 | 1.8 | |
| Urinary bladder | 57,628 | 18,240 | 24.0 | 14,904 | 20.5 | 3.5 | 2 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 30,518 | 8,395 | 21.6 | 7,010 | 18.7 | 2.9 | 3 |
| Brain and other nervous system | 14,680 | 1,883 | 11.4 | 1,782 | 10.8 | 0.5 | |
| Thyroid | 9,848 | 1,552 | 13.6 | 1,492 | 13.2 | 0.5 | |
| Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 7,193 | 581 | 7.5 | 569 | 7.3 | 0.1 | |
| Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 45,204 | 9,051 | 16.7 | 8,342 | 15.6 | 1.1 | |
| Myeloma | 13,003 | 2,597 | 16.6 | 2,474 | 16.0 | 0.7 | |
| Leukemia | 28,504 | 5,760 | 16.8 | 5,524 | 16.2 | 0.6 | |
| Mesothelioma | 3,083 | 777 | 20.1 | 776 | 20.1 | 0.0 | |
| Kaposi sarcoma | 5,592 | 357 | 6.0 | 357 | 6.0 | 0.0 | |
| Female | |||||||
| All sites | 951,022 | 197,370 | 17.2 | 160,946 | 14.5 | 2.7 | |
| Oral cavity and pharynx | 13,912 | 3,897 | 21.9 | 3,410 | 19.7 | 2.2 | 5 |
| Esophagus | 4,379 | 1,276 | 22.6 | 1,263 | 22.4 | 0.2 | |
| Stomach | 14,291 | 2,823 | 16.5 | 2,766 | 16.2 | 0.3 | |
| Colon and rectum | 100,719 | 24,785 | 19.7 | 20,375 | 16.8 | 2.9 | 4 |
| Liver and intrahepatic bile duct | 9,062 | 1,373 | 13.2 | 1,370 | 13.1 | 0.0 | |
| Pancreas | 24,631 | 4,740 | 16.1 | 4,738 | 16.1 | 0.0 | |
| Larynx | 2,847 | 742 | 20.7 | 713 | 20.0 | 0.6 | |
| Lung and bronchus | 107,755 | 29,548 | 21.5 | 27,388 | 20.3 | 1.3 | |
| Melanoma of the skin | 34,423 | 6,890 | 16.7 | 5,027 | 12.7 | 3.9 | 2 |
| Breast | 301,963 | 59,106 | 16.4 | 35,191 | 10.4 | 5.9 | 1 |
| Cervix uteri | 22,133 | 1,840 | 7.7 | 1,805 | 7.5 | 0.1 | |
| Corpus and uterus, NOS | 58,834 | 9,277 | 13.6 | 9,224 | 13.6 | 0.1 | |
| Ovary | 32,236 | 5,688 | 15.0 | 5,635 | 14.9 | 0.1 | |
| Urinary bladder | 19,543 | 6,268 | 24.3 | 5,161 | 20.9 | 3.4 | 3 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 19,042 | 4,742 | 19.9 | 4,165 | 17.9 | 2.0 | |
| Brain and other nervous system | 11,695 | 1,557 | 11.7 | 1,482 | 11.2 | 0.5 | |
| Thyroid | 32,382 | 3,459 | 9.7 | 3,301 | 9.3 | 0.4 | |
| Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 6,005 | 484 | 7.5 | 473 | 7.3 | 0.2 | |
| Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 38,088 | 7,501 | 16.5 | 6,916 | 15.4 | 1.1 | |
| Myeloma | 11,426 | 1,920 | 14.4 | 1,826 | 13.8 | 0.6 | |
| Leukemia | 21,188 | 4,499 | 17.5 | 4,358 | 17.1 | 0.5 | |
| Mesothelioma | 911 | 226 | 19.9 | 226 | 19.9 | 0.0 | |
| Kaposi sarcoma | 295 | 55 | 15.7 | 55 | 15.7 | 0.0 | |