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Treasury

Answer

Andrew George: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new cases of osteosarcoma have been diagnosed in (a) children, (b) adolescents and (c) adults in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [155079] Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Andrew George dated 19 February 2004: As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many new cases of osteosarcoma have been diagnosed in (a) children, (b) adolescents and (c) adults in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. Newly diagnosed cases of osteosarcoma are coded to malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage. It is not possible to say exactly how many such cases are osteosarcoma, because some records do not identify the specific cell type. Of the total numbers of cases of malignant neoplasms of bone and articular cartilage, osteosarcomas represent about 50% in children and adolescents and about 25% in adults. The numbers of registrations of newly diagnosed cases of malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage in England for the age groups requested for the years 1991 to 2000 (the latest available year) are given in the table below. The age groups; children, adolescents and adults are those used in recent published studies of the incidence of cancer in England. Number of newly diagnosed cases of malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage in England, by age group, 1991-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Children 41 37 51 50 63 51 49 47 58 55 (aged under 15) Adolescents 72 73 63 52 75 56 75 76 59 68 (aged 15-24) Adults (aged 254 252 228 249 277 296 276 252 305 312 25 and over) Total 367 362 342 351 415 403 400 375 422 435 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: For the years 1991 to 1994, International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision Code (ICD-9) code 170. For the years 1995 to 2000, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C40 and C41. Source: Office for National Statistics.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

418 c16W; 155079

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Children Cancer Diagnosis Young people Osteosarcoma

Contains statistics

Yes

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