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    kathyk

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    February 11, 2009 at 3:31 am

    Pat, you have to remember to occasionally let your brain rest! Kathy

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    Guest
    February 10, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    talk about a can of worms!:P
    http://healthservices.cancer.gov/seermedicare/considerations/methods.html
    My brain just stopped working……….Pat

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    mmc

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    February 10, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    According to the notes at the bottom of the chart, it is age adjusted.
    “Rates are per 100,000 and age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population”…

    Also, in the notes at the bottom, with regard to skin cancer (and others), the study “excluded basal and squamous cell skin cancers and in situ carcinomas except urinary bladder.”

    Mike


    Age 54
    10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
    9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
    10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
    2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
    9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
    1/2014 ct scan results….distant mets
    2/2014 ct result…spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph system

    My opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinion of ABLCS or anyone else. I am not a doctor nor do I play one on TV.
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    Gordon

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    February 10, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    I remember telling my students that good research raises as many questions as it answers. Answering the questions leads to a deeper understanding. Actually, I remember telling them I’m more interested in your questions than your answers because it means you’ve read the research and question methods, data bases, etc. Great thread. Once again I see that the SEER data base was used with the modifier that it was age adjusted. Hmm I wonder what that means? Might lead to the point Ann brings up re: age of Maine residents. SEER data base is medicare patients – us old guys & gals.

    Pat,keep those “cans of worms” coming. They are good worms! :)

    Gordon


    age 70
    Dx 10/03
    neobladder 9/4/04
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    Guest
    February 10, 2009 at 1:11 am

    Geez…i opened another can of worms !! Initially i was just curious to see numbers and did not take into consideration the variables. I’ll let you guys figure it out :blink:
    We’ve got lots of Radon in Cinti also…one area in particular where my son lives and he’s had testicular cancer…his wife has rheumatoid arthritis (in their early 30’s mind you) and there seems to be a lot of breast cancer and non-hodgkins type leukemia there. A beautiful community but i wouldn’t live there.
    Pat

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    pemquid

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    February 9, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    As a “Maina” (Maine resident) I knew that Maine has the highest cancer incidence rate per 100,000. No one knows exactly why, but one htought is that we also have the oldest average age in the country. I’d like to see age-adjusted incidence rates. There’s los a high incidence of radon in Maine granite, and there’s some suggestion that radon in people’s homes may be a factor. (Radon testing is required for any real estate sale to go through, and there are ways to mitigate (by venting).

    Ann


    Small TA Grade 1, May-06; recur (2 tiny), same, June-08; TURBTs both times. BCG begun July-08, dosage to 1/3rd May-10, completed treatment December-11. All clear since 2008.
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    gracie

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    February 9, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    Donna – thats an excellent question. Any body have any ideas? I know that I never heard of it before my diagnosis.

    I first thought it could be because its all about urine and stuff and generally people aren’t comfortable talking about those bodily functions. But that can’t be because colon cancer is readily talked about.

    Best,
    Gracie

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    Donna49

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    February 9, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    I find it interesting that there are more cases of BLC than skin cancer according to those stats – yet I think most people have not heard of BLC.

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    Guest
    February 9, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    thanks for getting out the calculator Mike…I understand Kentucky, and N. Jersey…….but Maine…that one mystifies me? Maybe its the shifting winds from Jersey? I still think i’ll move to Wyoming!!
    Pat

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    mmc

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    February 9, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    I took a closer look at the study. The first column is the incidence rate per 100,000 population. Maine is the highest, and then New Jersey, followed by Kentucky.

    Mike


    Age 54
    10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
    9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
    10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
    2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
    9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
    1/2014 ct scan results….distant mets
    2/2014 ct result…spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph system

    My opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinion of ABLCS or anyone else. I am not a doctor nor do I play one on TV.
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    mmc

    Member
    February 9, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    Maybe they need one more statistic, which is how many per thousand people of population. Just number doesn’t do much without comparing to population of the state.

    01 California 36,132,147
    02 Texas 22,859,968
    03 New York 19,254,630
    04 Florida 17,789,864
    05 Illinois 12,763,371
    06 Pennsylvania 12,429,616
    07 Ohio 11,464,042
    08 Michigan 10,120,860
    09 Georgia 9,072,576
    10 New Jersey 8,717,925

    http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/usabypop.htm

    Mike


    Age 54
    10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
    9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
    10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
    2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
    9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
    1/2014 ct scan results….distant mets
    2/2014 ct result…spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph system

    My opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinion of ABLCS or anyone else. I am not a doctor nor do I play one on TV.
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    webs

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    February 9, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    Holy Crap!!!! To bad I can’t blame the state. Lived in CA my whole life except for 7 years. Maybe I shouldn’t have moved back. Over 6,000 in CA alone. I think CA was the highest. Kind of weird that I am one of those 6,000.

    Webs

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