Table 3.
Distribution of patients who received radiation therapy according to tumor site and sex in 2009 and 2013
| Site | Sub-site (diagnostic code) | No. of patients in 2009 |
No. of patients in 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||
| Metastasis | (C77-C79) | 7,435 | 6,280 | 13,715 | 8,529 | 6,894 | 15,423 |
| Breast | (C50) | 11 | 8,731 | 8,742 | 17 | 13,480 | 13,497 |
| Gastrointestinal | Colorectum (C18-C20) | 2,129 | 1,109 | 3,238 | 2,416 | 1,203 | 3,619 |
| Hepatobiliary (C22-C24) | 1,706 | 566 | 2,272 | 2,329 | 746 | 3,075 | |
| Esophagus (C15) | 737 | 43 | 780 | 992 | 79 | 1,071 | |
| Pancreas (C25) | 226 | 147 | 373 | 397 | 275 | 672 | |
| Stomach (C16) | 232 | 108 | 340 | 290 | 133 | 423 | |
| Anus (C21) | 49 | 72 | 121 | 62 | 109 | 171 | |
| Small bowel (C17) | 13 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 29 | |
| Other (C26) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 5,094 | 2,050 | 7,144 | 6,504 | 2,557 | 9,061 | |
| Thoracic | Lung (C34) | 2,576 | 551 | 3,127 | 4,073 | 1,045 | 5,118 |
| Thymus (C37) | 86 | 70 | 156 | 115 | 80 | 195 | |
| Mediastinum (C38) | 20 | 4 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 38 | |
| Trachea (C33) | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Other (C39) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 2,689 | 632 | 3,321 | 4,226 | 1,140 | 5,366 | |
| Head and neck | Larynx (C32) | 575 | 32 | 607 | 832 | 36 | 868 |
| Oral cavity (C02-C06) | 183 | 89 | 272 | 304 | 178 | 482 | |
| Oropharynx (C01, C09-C10) | 193 | 35 | 228 | 395 | 66 | 461 | |
| Nasopharynx (C11) | 125 | 42 | 167 | 271 | 92 | 363 | |
| Salivary gland (C07-C08) | 127 | 77 | 204 | 163 | 116 | 279 | |
| Hypopharynx (C12-C13) | 181 | 14 | 195 | 248 | 17 | 265 | |
| Paranasal sinus (C31) | 57 | 27 | 84 | 82 | 39 | 121 | |
| Nasal cavity (C30) | 48 | 19 | 67 | 64 | 34 | 98 | |
| Eye and orbit (C69) | 17 | 16 | 33 | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
| Lip (C00) | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Other (C14) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| Subtotal | 1,518 | 354 | 1,872 | 2,402 | 599 | 3,001 | |
| Gynecologic | Uterine cervix (C53) | - | 1,942 | 1,942 | - | 2,095 | 2,095 |
| Uterine corpus (C54-C55) | - | 521 | 521 | - | 618 | 618 | |
| Ovary and tubes (C56) | - | 72 | 72 | - | 111 | 111 | |
| Vagina and vulva (C51-C52) | - | 87 | 87 | - | 84 | 84 | |
| Other (C57-C58) | - | 3 | 3 | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Subtotal | - | 2,625 | 2,625 | - | 2,913 | 2,913 | |
| Genitourinary | Prostate (C61) | 847 | - | 847 | 2,097 | - | 2,097 |
| Ureter and bladder (C66-C67) | 178 | 52 | 230 | 291 | 69 | 360 | |
| Kidney (C64-C65) | 47 | 17 | 64 | 77 | 38 | 115 | |
| Penis and testis (C60, C62-C63) | 34 | - | 34 | 53 | - | 53 | |
| Other (C68) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Subtotal | 1,106 | 73 | 1,179 | 2,518 | 114 | 2,632 | |
| Central nervous system | Brain (C70-C71) | 700 | 557 | 1,257 | 815 | 656 | 1,471 |
| Spinal cord (C72) | 20 | 12 | 32 | 17 | 24 | 41 | |
| Other (C47) | 11 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 41 | |
| Subtotal | 731 | 576 | 1,307 | 855 | 698 | 1,553 | |
| Lymphoma | Hodgkin's disease (C81) | 58 | 23 | 81 | 61 | 26 | 87 |
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (C82-C88) | 541 | 398 | 939 | 676 | 542 | 1,218 | |
| Other (C96) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Subtotal | 601 | 423 | 1,024 | 746 | 575 | 1,321 | |
| Soft tissue | (C46, C49) | 177 | 140 | 317 | 295 | 219 | 514 |
| Myeloma and plasmacytoma | (C90) | 132 | 125 | 257 | 179 | 163 | 342 |
| Leukemia | (C91-C95) | 159 | 115 | 274 | 170 | 132 | 302 |
| Skin | (C44) | 84 | 83 | 167 | 123 | 102 | 225 |
| Thyroid | (C73) | 57 | 122 | 179 | 72 | 134 | 206 |
| Malignant melanoma | (C43) | 38 | 34 | 72 | 68 | 61 | 129 |
| Primary bone and cartilage | (C40-C41) | 69 | 42 | 111 | 59 | 38 | 97 |
| Endocrine | (C74-C75) | 26 | 14 | 40 | 37 | 22 | 59 |
| Others | (C45, C48, C76, C80, C97) | 85 | 52 | 137 | 136 | 73 | 209 |
| Total | 20,012 | 22,471 | 42,483 | 26,936 | 29,914 | 56,850 | |