Bastin K T
Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Lukes Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
WMJ. 1999 Jul-Aug;98(4):32-6.
Cancer represents a major health issue in the United States, accounting for 1.2 million newly diagnosed cases each year. In Wisconsin, an estimated 25,000 residents will be diagnosed with cancer each year and over 10,000 will die from their disease, representing nearly one-fourth of all Wisconsin deaths. Lung cancer has been Wisconsin's most lethal cancer, accounting for 28% of male and 21% of female cancer mortality in 1996. Between 1988 and 1996, age-adjusted cancer incidence in Wisconsin rose 20%--to 405 cases per 100,000 population. Fortunately, in the same period, age-adjusted mortality dropped 8% to 159 cases per 100,000 population. Males have higher cancer incidence and mortality rates than females. The most frequent cancer diagnoses in males were of prostatic (29%), lung (15%) and colonic (9%) origin; among females, breast (31%), lung (11%), and colon (10%) cancers were most often diagnosed. Wisconsin cancer rates are likely to increase as Wisconsin's population ages, highlighting the need for greater cancer awareness and improved prevention, screening and cancer treatment.
癌症是美国的一个主要健康问题，每年新增确诊病例达120万例。在威斯康星州，估计每年有2.5万居民会被诊断出患有癌症，超过1万人将死于该疾病，这几乎占威斯康星州所有死亡人数的四分之一。肺癌一直是威斯康星州最致命的癌症，在1996年占男性癌症死亡率的28%，女性癌症死亡率的21%。1988年至1996年间，威斯康星州年龄调整后的癌症发病率上升了20%，达到每10万人中有405例。幸运的是，在同一时期，年龄调整后的死亡率下降了8%，降至每10万人中有159例。男性的癌症发病率和死亡率高于女性。男性最常见的癌症诊断来自前列腺（29%）、肺（15%）和结肠（9%）；在女性中，乳腺癌（31%）、肺癌（11%）和结肠癌（10%）最常被诊断出来。随着威斯康星州人口老龄化，该州的癌症发病率可能会上升，这凸显了提高癌症意识以及改善预防、筛查和癌症治疗的必要性。
