Bone Cancer

New findings from M. Geraci and co-researchers in the area of bone cancer described

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 29th, 2008

According to recent research from Manchester, the United Kingdom, "We examined cancer mortality at ages 13-29 years in U.K. and Wales between 1981 and 2005, a total of 20 026 deaths over approximately 303 million person-years (mpy) at risk by sex, age group and time period. Overall, the mortality rate was 65.6 per mpy."

"Malignant neoplasms of the central nervous system showed the highest rate (8.5), followed by myeloid and monocytic leukaemia (6.6), lymphoid leukaemia (6.4), malignant bone tumours (5.4) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (5.2). These groups together accounted for almost 50% of all cancer deaths. The mortality rate for males (72.4) was 23% higher than for...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-01-29)

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