Table 2.

Types of cancer referrals by age and gender distribution.

Cancer diagnoses		0–17 yrs			18–59 yrs			60+ yrs			Total
		M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All
Benign neoplasms	Count	48	54	102	81	189	270	21	14	35	407
	%	12.60	16.00	14.17	9.90	17.63	14.31	6.70	8.54	7.35	13.20
Malignant neoplasm of bone, connective tissue, skin	Count	40	37	77	108	86	194	40	10	50	321
	%	10.50	10.90	10.69	13.30	8.02	10.28	12.82	6.10	10.50	10.41
Malignant neoplasm of digestive organs and peritoneum	Count	25	19	44	257	239	496	165	67	232	772
	%	6.50	5.60	6.11	31.50	22.30	26.29	52.90	40.90	48.74	25.04
Malignant neoplasm of female breast	Count	0	7	7	0	192	192	0	9	9	208
	%	0.00	2.07	0.97	0.00	17.91	10.17	0.00	5.49	1.89	6.75
Malignant neoplasm of genitourinary organs	Count	24	20	44	54	118	172	28	19	47	263
	%	6.30	5.90	6.11	6.60	11.00	9.11	9.00	11.60	9.87	8.53
Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx	Count	6	5	11	25	21	46	6	8	14	71
	%	1.60	1.50	1.53	3.10	2.00	2.44	1.90	4.90	2.94	2.30
Malignant neoplasm of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue	Count	153	93	246	101	67	168	21	5	26	440
	%	40.10	27.50	34.17	12.40	6.30	8.90	6.70	3.00	5.46	14.27
Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified sites (brain, eye)	Count	77	101	178	112	107	219	16	18	34	431
	%	20.20	29.90	24.72	13.70	10.00	11.61	5.10	11.00	7.14	13.98
malignant neoplasm of other endocrine glands	Count	0	0	0	10	16	26	3	5	8	34
	%	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.20	1.50	1.38	1.00	3.00	1.68	1.10
Malignant neoplasm of respiratory and intrathoracic organs	Count	9	2	11	66	38	104	12	9	21	136
	%	2.40	0.60	1.53	8.10	3.50	5.51	3.80	5.50	4.41	4.41
Total	Count	382	338	720	815	1072	1887	312	164	476	3083
	%	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
	% within Total	12.39	10.96	23.35	26.44	34.77	61.21	10.12	5.32	15.44	100.00