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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Urethral cancer is a rare [[disease]] that tends to affect African American individuals. The [[incidence]] is approximately 0.43 per 100,000 in the United States for men, and approximately 0.15 per 100,000 for women. | [[Urethral cancer|Urethral cance]]<nowiki/>r is a rare [[disease]] that tends to affect [[African American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study|African American]] individuals. 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== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | ===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. | ||
* 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). | ||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
* Men are more commonly affected with urethral cancer than women. | * [[Men]] are more commonly affected with urethral cancer than [[Women's College Hospital|women]]. | ||
===Race=== | ===Race=== | ||
* Urethral cancer usually affects African American individuals. | * [[Urethral]] [[cancer]] usually affects African American individuals. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vindhya BellamKonda, M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Urethral cancer is a rare disease that tends to affect African American individuals. 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.
- The incidence was twice as high in African Americans as in whites (5 million vs. 2.5 per million).
Gender
Race
References
- ↑ National Cancer Institute. Physician Data Query Database 2015. http://www.cancer.gov/publications/pdq