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Cancer incidence among patients of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

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Zullig, LL; Jackson, GL; Dorn, RA; Provenzale, DT; McNeil, R; Thomas, CM; Kelley, MJ
Published in: Mil Med
June 2012

OBJECTIVE: Approximately 40,000 incident cancer cases are reported in the Veterans Affairs Central Cancer Registry (VACCR) annually (approximately 3% of U.S. cancer cases). Our objective was to provide the first comprehensive description of cancer incidence as reported in VACCR. METHODS: Data were obtained from VACCR for incident cancers diagnosed in VA. Analyses focused on 2007 data. Cancer incidence among VA patients was compared to the general U.S. cancer population. RESULTS: In 2007, 97.5% of VA cancers were diagnosed among men. Approximately 78.5% of newly diagnosed patients were White, 19.0% Black, and 2.5% were another race. Median age at diagnosis was 66 years. The geographic distribution of cancer patients in VA aligns that of VA users. The most commonly diagnosed cancers were similar between VA and the U.S. male cancer population. The five most frequently diagnosed cancers among VA cancer patients were: prostate (31.8%), lung/bronchus (18.8%), colon/rectum (8.6%), urinary bladder (3.6%), and skin melanomas (3.4%). VA patients were diagnosed at an earlier stage of disease for the three most commonly diagnosed cancers--lung/bronchus, colon/rectum, and prostate--compared to the U.S. male cancer population. CONCLUSIONS: Registry data indicate that incident cancers in VA in 2007 approximately mirrored those observed among U.S. men.

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Mil Med

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0026-4075

Publication Date

June 2012

Volume

177

Issue

6

Start / End Page

693 / 701

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • United States
  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Registries
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms
  • Melanoma
 

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Zullig, L. L., Jackson, G. L., Dorn, R. A., Provenzale, D. T., McNeil, R., Thomas, C. M., & Kelley, M. J. (2012). Cancer incidence among patients of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Mil Med, 177(6), 693–701. https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed-d-11-00434
Zullig, Leah L., George L. Jackson, Raye Anne Dorn, Dawn T. Provenzale, Rebecca McNeil, Catherine M. Thomas, and Michael J. Kelley. “Cancer incidence among patients of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System.Mil Med 177, no. 6 (June 2012): 693–701. https://doi.org/10.7205/milmed-d-11-00434.
Zullig LL, Jackson GL, Dorn RA, Provenzale DT, McNeil R, Thomas CM, et al. Cancer incidence among patients of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Mil Med. 2012 Jun;177(6):693–701.
Zullig, Leah L., et al. “Cancer incidence among patients of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System.Mil Med, vol. 177, no. 6, June 2012, pp. 693–701. Pubmed, doi:10.7205/milmed-d-11-00434.
Zullig LL, Jackson GL, Dorn RA, Provenzale DT, McNeil R, Thomas CM, Kelley MJ. Cancer incidence among patients of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Mil Med. 2012 Jun;177(6):693–701.

Published In

Mil Med

DOI

ISSN

0026-4075

Publication Date

June 2012

Volume

177

Issue

6

Start / End Page

693 / 701

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
  • United States
  • Strategic, Defence & Security Studies
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Registries
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms
  • Melanoma