Table 1. Cancer sites for children in rural Colorado 2001 to 20131.
Cancer Site2 | Frequency |
---|---|
Blood and lymph system | |
-acute lymphocytic leukemia | 104 |
-Hodgkin lymphoma | 65 |
-non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 65 |
-acute myeloid leukemia | 18 |
-myeloma, other lymphocytic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, other myeloid/monocytic leukemia, other acute leukemia, aleukemic,subleukemic and NOS | <5 of each |
Nervous System (brain, cranial and other) | 169 |
Endocrine System | 136 |
Male genitals | |
-testes | 75 |
-penis | <5 |
Skin | |
-Melanomas | 76 |
-Other skin cancers | <5 |
Soft Tissue (including heart) | 46 |
Bones and joints | 42 |
Female genitals | |
-Ovary | 16 |
-Cerix Uteri | 14 |
-Vagina, vulva, other | < 5 of each |
Urinary System | |
-kidney and renal pelvis | 30 |
-bladder | < 5 |
Eye and orbit | 15 |
Digestive System | |
-liver | 6 |
-esophagus, stomach, small intestine, appendix, colon and rectum, pancreas, retroperitoneum,cecum | < 5 each |
Respiratory | |
- lung and bronchus | 7 |
-trachea, mediastinum and other respiratory; nose, nasal cavity, and middle ear; larynx | < 5 of each |
Breast | 8 |
Oral Cavity and Pharynx (tongue, salivary glands, gum, nasopharynx) | <5 of each |
1Includes children without geocoded addresses.
217 cancers were classified as miscellaneous and less than 5 were classified as invalid.