Recently, the news that Xu Caihou, the former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, died in hospital due to terminal bladder cancer, metastasis and multi-organ failure. This has brought “bladder cancer”, a common malignant tumor in urology, into public view again. So, how close is bladder cancer to our common people?
Bladder cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in urology, and is a serious disease that directly threatens patients’ life expectancy and quality of life. The most common type of bladder cancer is uroepithelial carcinoma, which accounts for more than 90% of the pathological types of bladder cancer. The most common type of bladder cancer is uroepithelial carcinoma, which accounts for more than 90% of the pathological types of bladder cancer.
1, bladder cancer in the United States
The American Cancer Society publishes annual statistics on malignancies across the United States, and this data is published annually in the prestigious journal CA:A Cancer Journal for Clinicians for clinicians and researchers around the world to review. Recently, the 2015 data (Cancer statistics, 2015,) has also been published (CA Cancer J Clin, 2015Jan-Feb;65(1):5-29), and the author has reviewed the data.
Approximately 300, 200 million people across the United States.
In men, Cancerstatistics predicts that there will be 56,320 new cases of bladder cancer nationwide in 2015, accounting for the 4th highest number of new malignancies in men, and 11,510 deaths from bladder cancer nationwide in 2015, accounting for the 8th highest number of new malignancies in men.
In women, Cancerstatistics estimates that there will be 17,680 new cases of bladder cancer in the United States in 2015; there will be 4,490 deaths.
2.Bladder cancer in the UK
The UK population is about 64 million.
In 2011, the UK statistics showed that bladder cancer accounted for the 7th of all malignancies and 3% of new malignancy cases; bladder cancer accounted for the 4th of malignancies in men and the 13th of malignancies in women.
In 2011, there were 10,399 new cases of bladder cancer in the UK, accounting for 3% of new malignancies; of which 7452 were male patients and 2947 were female patients; the incidence of bladder cancer in the UK reached 24/100,000 (male) and 9/100,000 (female).
In 2012, there were 5242 bladder cancer deaths across the UK, accounting for 3% of deaths from malignancies.
3.Bladder cancer in China
In China, the incidence of bladder cancer in men ranks 7th among systemic malignancies, with women ranking 10th after.
In 2009, the incidence rate of bladder cancer in the national tumor registry area was 6,61/100,000; by gender, the incidence rates of men and women were 11,41/100,000 and 3,51/100,000, respectively.
In 2009, the mortality rate of bladder cancer in the national tumor registry area was 2, 60/100,000; the incidence rates by gender were 3, 75/100,000 and 1, 24/100,000 for men and women, respectively.
In 2009, the incidence rate of bladder cancer in urban areas was 2, 4 times higher than that in rural areas; the mortality rate was 1, 9 times higher than that in rural areas.
China has a population of nearly 1.4 billion.
In the past 10 years, the incidence rate of bladder cancer in China has been increasing rapidly year by year, which needs to be paid attention to.
4.The incidence and mortality rate of bladder cancer gradually increases with age.
The incidence rate of bladder cancer is at a low level before the age of 45, and gradually increases from the age of 45.
The mortality rate of bladder cancer is low until the age of 60 years and gradually increases from the age of 60 years.
Note: Data referenced from American Cancer Society, Cancer Research UK, and Chinese guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of urologic diseases.