Table 2.
AS in cancer patients in relation to individuals who died of cancer (Switzerland, 1999-2016)
| Period | Entire period 1999-2016 |
1999-2003 | 2004-2008 | 2009-2013 | 2014-2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1. The five most frequent types of cancer (in 1, 4, 5: reported are the total number of cases and the data separated according to sex) | |||||
| 1. Lung cancer | |||||
| Total number of lung cancer death cases | 53 732 | 13 762 | 14 744 | 15 545 | 9681 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (4.8/18.6) | (4.4/17.9) | (4.8/18.7) | (4.9/19.0) | (4.9/18.9) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 71 (51-87) | 70 (49-86) | 70 (50-86) | 71 (51-87) | 72 (53-88) |
| Number of AS cases (% of lung cancer-related death cases) | 378 | 34 (0.3) | 60 (0.4) | 131 (0.8) | 153 (1.6) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 71 (53-88) | 68 (53-85) | 68 (51.5-89.5) | 70 (52-90) | 72 (53-87) |
| Men: number of lung death cases | 35 923 | 9931 | 10 055 | 9923 | 6014 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (6.6/22.5) | (6.6/23.3) | (6.8/23.1) | (6.5/21.9) | (6.3/21.3) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 71 (51-86) | 70 (51-85) | 70 (51-86) | 71 (52-87) | 72 (53-88) |
| Number of AS cases (% of lung cancer-related death cases) | 185 | 25 (0.3) | 24 (0.2) | 55 (0.6) | 81 (1.3) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 72 (53-87) | 69 (53-85) | 68.5 (50-82) | 75 (54-90) | 73 (53-87) |
| Women: number of lung death cases | 17 809 | 3831 | 4689 | 5622 | 3667 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (3.1/13.8) | (2.4/11.2) | (3.0/13.3) | (3.4/15.3) | (3.6/16.0) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 70 (49-88) | 69 (47-87) | 70 (49-87) | 70 (50-88) | 71 (53-88) |
| Number of AS cases (% of lung cancer-related death cases) | 193 | 9 (0.2) | 36 (0.8) | 76 (1.4) | 72 (2.0) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 69 (53-90) | 66 (59-76) | 67.5 (53-90) | 69 (52-90) | 70.5 (54-86) |
| 2. Breast cancera | |||||
| Total number of female breast cancer death cases | 24 474 | 6683 | 6705 | 6921 | 4165 |
| (% of all female death cases/all female cancer death cases) | (4.2/19.0) | (4.4/19.5) | (4.3/19.0) | (4.2/18.9) | (4.1/18.1) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 72 (45-92) | 71 (44-91) | 71 (45-91) | 73 (46-92) | 74 (48-92) |
| Number of AS cases (% of breast cancer-related death cases) | 296 | 29 (0.4) | 50 (0.7) | 100 (1.4) | 117 (2.8) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 72 (50-91) | 65 (45-89) | 71 (47-93) | 73 (50-90) | 75 (53-90) |
| 3. Prostate cancer | |||||
| Total number of prostate cancer deaths cases | 23 711 | 6590 | 6479 | 6698 | 3944 |
| (% of all male death cases/all male cancer death cases) | (4.3/14.8) | (4.4/15.4) | (4.4/14.8) | (4.4/14.8) | (4.2/14.0) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 81 (64-92) | 80 (63-92) | 81 (64-93) | 82 (64-93) | 82 (64-93) |
| Number of AS cases (% of prostate cancer-related death cases) | 274 | 22 (0.3) | 56 (0.9) | 93 (1.4) | 103 (2.6) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 80 (63-93) | 76.5 (59-91) | 78 (65-90) | 81 (64-93) | 81 (64-93) |
| 4. Colorectal cancer (CR) | |||||
| Total number of colorectal cancer death cases | 29 603 | 8112 | 8061 | 8384 | 5046 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (2.6/10.2) | (2.6/10.6) | (2.7/10.2) | (2.7/10.2) | (2.6/9.9) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 77 (52-92) | 76 (53-91) | 77 (52-92) | 77 (52-92) | 77 (52-92) |
| Number of AS cases (% of CR cancer-related death cases) | 273 | 22 (0.3) | 49 (0.6) | 99 (1.2) | 103 (2.0) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 73 (48-90) | 72 (50-84) | 74 (50-88) | 73 (48-91) | 74 (45-91) |
| Men: number of colorectal cancer death cases | 16 091 | 4249 | 4391 | 4655 | 2796 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (2.9/10.1) | (2.8/10.0) | (3.0/10.1) | (3.1/10.3) | (2.9/9.9) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 75 (52-90) | 74 (53-90) | 75 (52-90) | 75 (53-90) | 76 (53-91) |
| Number of AS cases (% of CR cancer-related death cases) | 141 | 11 (0.3) | 19 (0.4) | 58 (1.2) | 53 (1.9) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 73 (48-90) | 78 (45-84) | 70.5 (40-90) | 73 (48-92) | 75 (43-90) |
| Women: number of colorectal cancer death cases | 13 512 | 3863 | 3670 | 3729 | 2250 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (2.3/10.5) | (2.4/11.3) | (2.3/10.4) | (2.3/10.2) | (2.2/9.8) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 79 (52-93) | 78 (53-92) | 79 (52-93) | 79 (52-93) | 79 (52-93) |
| Number of AS cases (% of CR cancer-related death cases) | 132 | 11 (0.3) | 30 (0.8) | 41 (1.1) | 50 (2.2) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 73.5 (50-91) | 72 (50-84) | 76 (53-88) | 75 (54-89) | 73 (47-93) |
| 5. Pancreatic cancer | |||||
| Total number of pancreatic cancer death cases | 19 065 | 4496 | 4887 | 5776 | 3906 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (1.7/6.6) | (1.5/5.9) | (1.6/6.2) | (1.8/6.8) | (2.0/7.6) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 74 (53-90) | 74 (52-90) | 75 (52-90) | 74 (53-90) | 74 (53-90) |
| Number of AS cases (% of pancreatic cancer-related death cases) | 200 | 9 (0.2) | 39 (0.8) | 61 (1.1) | 91 (2.3) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 72.5 (53-87.5) | 71 (65-80) | 73 (51-89) | 73 (58-88) | 71 (51-87) |
| Men: number of pancreatic cancer death cases | 9222 | 2181 | 2334 | 2773 | 1934 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (1.7/5.8) | (1.5/5.1) | (1.6/5.4) | (1.8/6.1) | (2.0/6.8) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 72 (51-88) | 72 (52-88) | 72 (51-87) | 72 (51-88) | 72 (52-88) |
| Number of AS cases (% of pancreatic cancer-related death cases) | 98 | 3 (0.1) | 22 (0.9) | 36 (1.3) | 37 (1.9) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 72.5 (51-88) | 72 (70-75) | 79 (54-89) | 73 (56-89) | 71 (50-87) |
| Women: number of pancreatic cancer death cases | 9843 | 2315 | 2553 | 3003 | 1972 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (1.7/7.6) | (1.4/6.8) | (1.6/7.3) | (1.8/8.2) | (1.9/8.6) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 77 (54-91) | 77 (53-91) | 77 (54-91) | 77 (54-91) | 77 (54-91) |
| Number of AS cases (% of pancreatic cancer-related death cases) | 102 | 6 (0.3) | 17 (0.7) | 25 (0.8) | 54 (2.7) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 72.5 (55-86) | 69 (65-80) | 67 (51-83) | 77 (63-87) | 72.5 (51-88) |
| Part 2. The 6-14 most frequent types of cancer | |||||
| 6. Lymphatic and hematopoietic neoplasms (LHNs) | |||||
| Total number of LHN death cases | 25 667 | 6833 | 6952 | 7222 | 4660 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (2.3/8.9) | (2.2/8.9) | (2.3/8.9) | (2.3/8.8) | (2.4/9.1) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 76 (47-91) | 75 (43-90) | 76 (47-91) | 77 (49-91) | 78 (52-91) |
| Number of AS cases (% of LHN-related death cases) | 162 | 16 (0.2) | 17 (0.2) | 56 (0.8) | 73 (1.6) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 78 (58-90) | 79.5 (51-91) | 77 (25-91) | 76.5 (57-89) | 78 (63-92) |
| 7. Kidney and bladder (K&B) cancer | |||||
| Total number of K&B cancer death cases | 16 309 | 4192 | 4405 | 4635 | 3077 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (1.4/5.7) | (1.3/5.5) | (1.5/5.6) | (1.5/5.7) | (1.6/6.0) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 77 (55-92) | 76 (54-91) | 77 (54-92) | 78 (55-92) | 79 (56-92) |
| Number of AS cases (% of K&B cancer-related death cases) | 149 | 14 (0.3) | 16 (0.4) | 48 (1.0) | 71 (2.3) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 77 (51-91) | 78 (65-90) | 70.5 (47-88) | 80 (55-96) | 78 (50-92) |
| 8. Gynecologic cancer | |||||
| Total number of gynecooncologic death cases | 14 370 | 3893 | 4023 | 3993 | 2461 |
| (% of all female death cases/all female cancer death cases) | (2.5/11.2) | (2.4/11.4) | (2.6/11.5) | (2.4/10.9) | (2.4/10.7) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 74 (49-91) | 74 (48-91) | 74 (49-91) | 75 (49-91) | 75 (49-91) |
| Number of AS cases (% of gynecologic cancer-related death cases) | 139 | 14 (0.4) | 27 (0.7) | 40 (1.0) | 58 (2.4) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 68 (48-88) | 63 (36-81) | 70 (58-90) | 68 (48.5-86) | 70 (48-90) |
| 9. Cancer of lip, oral cavity, oropharynx (L/OC/O) | |||||
| Total number of L/OC/O cancer death cases | 6887 | 1766 | 1830 | 2026 | 1265 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (0.6/2.4) | (0.6/2.3) | (0.6/2.3) | (0.6/2.5) | (0.6/2.5) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 66 (48-88) | 64 (46-87) | 66 (49-88) | 67 (50-88) | 69 (50-90) |
| Number of AS cases (% of L/OC/O cancer-related death cases) | 106 (1.5) | 5 (0.3) | 24 (1.3) | 42 (2.1) | 35 (2.8) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 70 (48-86) | 61 (47-81) | 66.5 (51-85) | 71.5 (55-84) | 71 (48-90) |
| 10. Brain, central nervous system (CNS), eye | |||||
| Total number of CNS malignancy death cases | 8730 | 2140 | 2387 | 2589 | 1614 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (0.8/3.0) | (0.7/2.8) | (0.8/3.0) | (0.8/3.2) | (0.8/3.2) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 65 (32-85) | 64 (31-84) | 65 (31-85) | 66 (33-86) | 67 (33-87) |
| Number of AS cases (% of CNS malignancy-related death cases) | 84 (1.0) | 6 (0.3) | 14 (0.6) | 25 (1.0) | 39 (2.4) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 65.5 (40-83) | 58.5 (40-77) | 63 (26-83) | 68 (37-85) | 68 (43-88) |
| 11. Esophageal cancer | |||||
| Total number of esophageal cancer death cases | 7593 | 1951 | 2040 | 2218 | 1384 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (0.7/2.6) | (0.6/2.5) | (0.7/2.6) | (0.7/2.7) | (0.7/2.7) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 71 (51-88) | 70 (50-88) | 70 (51-88) | 71 (52-89) | 72 (53-89) |
| Number of AS cases (% of esophageal cancer-related death cases) | 82 (1.1) | 8 (0.4) | 13 (0.6) | 22 (1.0) | 39 (2.8) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 73 (55-91) | 75.5 (55-93) | 67 (53-86) | 73 (43-94) | 73 (60-91) |
| 12. Gastric cancer | |||||
| Total number of gastric cancer death cases | 9828 | 2915 | 2674 | 2595 | 1644 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (0.9/3.4) | (0.9/3.8) | (0.9/3.4) | (0.8/3.2) | (0.8/3.2) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 75 (47-91) | 76 (48-91) | 75.5 (46-91) | 74 (47-90) | 74 (49-91) |
| Number of AS cases (% of gastric cancer-related death cases) | 76 (0.8) | 12 (0.4) | 17 (0.6) | 21 (0.8) | 26 (1.6) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 74 (47-97) | 72 (33-86) | 72 (38-85) | 78 (54-82) | 71.5 (48-89) |
| 13. Melanoma | |||||
| Total number of melanoma cancer death cases | 5173 | 1171 | 1440 | 1572 | 990 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (0.5/1.8) | (0.4/1.5) | (0.5/1.8) | (0.5/1.9) | (0.5/1.9) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 72 (41-91) | 70 (38-90) | 70 (40-90) | 73 (42-91) | 74 (47-91) |
| Number of AS cases (% of melanoma-related death cases) | 58 (1.1) | 5 (0.4) | 13 (0.9) | 20 (1.3) | 20 (2.0) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 74 (45-89) | 77 (38-88) | 66 (45-83) | 73.5 (52.5-94.5) | 75.5 (46-88) |
| 14. Liver cancer | |||||
| Total number of liver cancer death cases | 10 929 | 2529 | 2954 | 3258 | 2188 |
| (% of all death cases/all cancer death cases) | (1.0/3.8) | (0.8/3.3) | (1.0/3.8) | (1.0/4.0) | (1.1/4.3) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 72 (51-88) | 72 (50-88) | 72 (50-88) | 72 (51-87) | 73 (53-89) |
| Number of AS cases (% of liver cancer-related death cases) | 55 (0.5) | 1 (0.04) | 5 (0.2) | 26 (0.8) | 23 (1.1) |
| Median age at death (5th-95th percentile) | 70 (51-87) | 56 | 77 (51-88) | 68 (53-86) | 70 (59-87) |
AS, assisted suicide.
a
We omitted male breast cancer cases. In the entire 18-year period, 136 men died on breast cancer (0.6% of all breast cancer death cases). There was only one case of a breast cancer-related AS (in the period 2004-2008; age at death: 67 years).