TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Colorectal Cancer A1 - Close, Julia Lee A1 - Allegra, Carmen Joseph A2 - Boyiadzis, Michael M. A2 - Frame, James N. A2 - Kohler, David R. A2 - Fojo, Tito PY - 2016 T2 - Hematology-Oncology Therapy, 2e AB - EpidemiologyTable Graphic Jump Location|Download (.pdf)|PrintEpidemiologyIncidenceColon cancer:96,830 (male: 48,450; female: 48,380. Estimated new cases for 2014 in the United States)Rectum cancer:40,000 (male: 23,380; female: 16,620. Estimated new cases for 2014 in the United States) 52.2 per 100,000 male, 39.3 per 100,000 female for colon and rectum cancerDeaths:Estimated 50,310 in 2014 for colon and rectum cancer (male: 26,270; female: 24,040)Median age at diagnosis:69 yearsMale to female ratio:1.7:1Siegel R et al. CA Cancer J Clin 2014;64:9–29Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program, available from http://seer.cancer.gov (accessed in 2013)Stage at presentation:Stage I:15%Stage II:20–30%Stage III:30–40%Stage IV:20–25%Skibber JM et al. Cancer of the colon. In: Devita VT Jr, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA, editors. Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001:1216–1270 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/17 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164846991 ER -