Table 1.
The total number and types of cancers that were included in our patient population
|
Type of cancer
|
Total number
|
| Lymphoma | 61 |
| Lung | 54 |
| Breast | 53 |
| Head and neck | 12 |
| Thyroid | 10 |
| Colon | 9 |
| Melanoma | 9 |
| Multiple myeloma | 9 |
| Endometrial | 6 |
| Pancreas | 5 |
| Bladder | 5 |
| Prostate | 4 |
| Kidney | 3 |
| Sarcoma | 3 |
| Esophageal | 3 |
| Other1 | 24 |
1
”Other” cancers were cases in which the primary tumor type was not yet determined, but the patient already had metastatic disease, or cancer types which had only 2 or fewer patients including stomach, Castleman’s disease, bone, cervical, ovarian, neurofibromatosis type 1 small bowel mass, brain, carcinoid, cholangiocarcinoma, small cell carcinoma, penile, anal, Merckel cell, cardiac, tracheal, and rectal cancers.