| Theme | Malignant Tumors in Patients with End-Stage Renal Failures | |
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| Title | Malignant tumors in Japanese population : changes in major causes of death and varieties of malignant tumors -- comparisons to maintenance dialysis patients | |
| Publish Date | 2005/04 | |
| Author | Seiji Ohira | Sapporo Kita Clinic |
| [ Summary ] | The major causes of death among maintenance dialysis patients are, in order, as follows : (1) cardiac failure, (2) infection, (3) cerebrovascular incidents, (4) malignant tumors, and (5) myocardial infarction. On the other hand, those in the general Japanese population are reported, in order, as follows : (1) malignant tumors, (2) cardiac failure, (3) cerebrovascular incidents, (4) pneumonia, and (5) unexpected accidents. As for malignant tumors in the general male population, they are : (1) lung cancer, (2) gastric cancer, (3) liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer, (4) cancer of the large intestine, and (5) pancreatic cancer. In females, they are : (1) gastric cancer, (2) cancer of the large intestine, (3) lung cancer, (4) liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer, and (5) breast cancer. Since 1981, death due to malignancies has occupied the number one spot as the cause of death. This has recently been characterized as death due to gastric cancer in both sexes having shown a gradual decrease and those malignancies due to lung cancer, especially among males, having shown a remarkable increase. |
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