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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===incidence=== | |||
* Urethral cancer is rare.<ref name="cancergov"> National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq </ref> | * Urethral cancer is rare.<ref name="cancergov"> National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq </ref> | ||
* The annual [[incidence]] rates in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database over the period from 1973 to 2002 in the United States for men and for women were 4.3 and 1.5 per million, respectively, with downward trends over the three decades. | * The annual [[incidence]] rates in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database over the period from 1973 to 2002 in the United States for men and for women were 4.3 and 1.5 per million, respectively, with downward trends over the three decades. | ||
===Gender=== | |||
Men are more commonly affected with urethral cancer than women. | |||
===Race=== | |||
* The [[incidence]] was twice as high in African Americans as in whites (5 million vs. 2.5 per million). | * The [[incidence]] was twice as high in African Americans as in whites (5 million vs. 2.5 per million). | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Urethral cancer is a rare disease that tends to affect African Americans. The incidence is approximately 0.43 per 100,000 in the United States for men, and approximately 0.15 per 100,000 for women.
Epidemiology and Demographics
incidence
- Urethral cancer is rare.[1]
- The annual incidence rates in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database over the period from 1973 to 2002 in the United States for men and for women were 4.3 and 1.5 per million, respectively, with downward trends over the three decades.
Gender
Men are more commonly affected with urethral cancer than women.
Race
- The incidence was twice as high in African Americans as in whites (5 million vs. 2.5 per million).
References
- ↑ National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq