SAMC Cancer Facts

•    SAMC treated 1,085 cancer cases – more than any other hospital in the region.

•    We have two satellite locations – Marianna, FL and Enterprise.

•    Of the 1,085 cases, 604 were male and 481 were female.

•    Breast cancer was the most diagnosed cancer among women treated at SAMC with 214 cases.

•    Prostate cancer was the most diagnosed cancer among men treated at SAMC with 185 cases.

•    Lung Cancer was second most diagnosed cancer treated at SAMC with a total of 174 cases diagnosed in men and women – 103 men/71 women.

Source: Southeast Cancer Center’s 2010 Annual Report

GENERAL CANCER STATISTICS

•    It is estimated that about 1.5 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer in 2010.

•    In the United States, cancer is the second leading cause of death, responsible for 1 in 4 deaths.

•    One of every two men and one of every three women will get cancer in their lifetimes.

•    Overall cancer rates are higher for whites and blacks than for Asians/Pacific Islanders.

•    Approximately 5 percent of cancers are hereditary.

•    Lung cancer is the most common fatal cancer in men and women.

•    Prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men of all races, followed by lung cancer and colorectal cancer.

•    Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women, regardless of race.

•    More than one million cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer will be diagnosed this year.

•    About 77 percent of all cancers are diagnosed in patients aged 55 or older.

•    For children aged 14 and younger, the most common cancers are leukemias. Today, more than 80 percent of children diagnosed with leukemia survive.

•    Fewer than 5 percent of adults diagnosed with cancer will participate in a clinical trial. Lung, breast, prostate and colon cancers have the highest number of clinical trials devoted to them -- more than 40 percent of all clinical trials.

•    More than 30 percent of cancer could be prevented. Tobacco use, alcohol use, poor diet, and physical inactivity have been shown to provide increased risk in developing cancer.

•    The five year relative survival rate for female breast cancer patients has improved from 63 percent in the early 1960s to 90 percent today.

•    Nearly two-thirds of all cancer patients will receive radiation therapy during their illness.

•    About 11.1 million Americans are cancer survivors.


Sources: American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control, and National Institutes of Health, and World Health Organization