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Annual Report
- Incidence & Prevalence of Colorectal Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Treatment Options for Colorectal Cancer
- Genetics & Colorectal Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer Data
- Data on Cancer Cases and Incidence
- Data on Cancers Commonly Treated at HealthEast
- HealthEast Cancer Care
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Most Common Cancers Treated at HealthEast
Four most common cancer sites in 2007
In HealthEast and Minnesota, the four most common cancers listed in order of occurrence are: prostate, breast, lung and colorectal. The above table compares HealthEast case totals with the estimated number of new cancer cases in Minnesota and the United States.
* American Cancer Society - Cancer Facts & Figures 2007
Four most common cancer sites by AJCC stage
The four most common cancers for HealthEast in 2007 were prostate, breast, lung and colorectal. These four cancer sites, summarized by AJCC stage at diagnosis, account for 58% of all new cancers in HealthEast.
5-year overall observed survival,
diagnosis years 1998 - 2001
The above table shows the five-year overall observed survival of five cancer sites at HealthEast compared to Minnesota and the NCDB.
HealthEast meets or exceeds state and national averages for observed survival of these cancer sites. Observed survival measures the proportion of persons surviving cancer for a certain period of time, regardless of the cause of death.
Source: 2008 National Cancer Data Base/Commission on Cancer
* Minnesota - 17 hospitals
** National Cancer Data Base - 1,319 hospitals
