Cancer Statistics, NCI 2004

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Cancer Statistics, NCI 2004
Department of Biostatistics Epidemiology NCI
Egypt December 2005
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National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt

• The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the
  largest comprehensive cancer center in Egypt
• The present hospital with its 550 beds is
  overloaded by patients referred from allover the
  country
• The NCI for years had a well established
  Pathology-Based and an Inpatient-Based Cancer
  Registries
• Our first attempt towards a Hospital-Based Cancer
  Registry was in the year 2001

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National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt,Results
Overview

• Over a 33 year period (1970 2003) more than
  300,000 new patients visited the NCI, in excess
  of one million outpatient visits.
• In the year 2004 there were
• 19,210 new patients seen at the NCI
• 14,000 hospital admissions
• Approximately 170,000 outpatient visits.
• 65 of patients came from the Greater Cairo area,
  16 from lower Egypt, 20 from upper Egypt.
• 48 of cases were males
• Approximately 87 of patients are treated free of
  charge

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19,210 New Patients by Governorate
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Confirmation of Malignancy among New Patients
(2002-04)
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Basis of Diagnosis of New Cancer Cases (2002-2004)
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9,314 New Cancer Cases by Age Groups Gender
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63
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Most Common Sites, Gender Combined, 2002-2004
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Most Common Sites in Males, 2002-2004
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Most Common Sites in Females, 2002-2004
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Childhood Cancer, NCI 2004 Pediatrics
Adolescents
In the year 2004, 862 (9.3) of the new cases
were age less than 20 years
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Frequency of Children Age lt20 Years by Gender,
2004
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Age Distribution of 862 Child
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Most Common Childhood Cancer, n862
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306 (35.5) New Cases of Leukemia among Children
Boys n184
Girls n122
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138 (16) New Cases of Lymphoma among Children
Boys n97
Girls n41