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Primary bone cancer incidence in black and white residents of New York state
Author(s) -
Polednak Anthony P.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19850615)55:12<2883::aid-cncr2820551231>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - medicine , osteosarcoma , chondrosarcoma , incidence (geometry) , demography , epidemiology , sarcoma , cancer , cancer registry , population , etiology , bone cancer , race (biology) , gerontology , surgery , pathology , environmental health , physics , botany , sociology , optics , biology
Some descriptive epidemiologic characteristics of primary bone cancers were presented for black and white residents of New York State (1975–1980) using data from the population‐based New York State Cancer Registry. Average annual race‐ and age‐specific incidence rates were calculated for 1975 to 1980 for three histologic types ( i.e. , osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, and chondrosarcoma). The significantly lower incidence of Ewing's sarcoma in blacks versus whites was confirmed, whereas lower rates for chondrosarcoma in blacks supported findings from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program. A higher rate of osteosarcoma in blacks versus whites in the <15‐year age group, although not statistically significant, was consistent with findings from another population‐based registry in the US. This difference was due to osteosarcoma of the leg, and could be related to racial differences in growth rates during childhood. Comparisons with data from Africa suggest certain similarities in patterns as well as some possible differences, which could provide general clues to etiology ( i.e. , genetic versus environmental factors).