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RE: Cancer mortality rates



Jack,

Okay, my first comment is his statement "I am a consumer advocate for cancer

research and related activities. . ."



Second, looking at the NCI data which can be found at

http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1973_1999/sections.html



On page 11 of the thyroid cancer table,

http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1973_1999/thyroid.pdf, the incidence is

0.5/100,000 (all races, sex, ages)



Now, looking at page 11 for all cancer sites,

http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1973_1999/allsites.pdf, the incidence rate is

206/100,000



>From the table on page 19 of the overview,

http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1973_1999/overview.pdf, new incidences of thyroid

cancer was lower for all types but seven of 23 having lower incidence in the

last five years.  And there are really big differences between thyroid and

several of the other incidence rates.  While the incidence rate is going up,

the mortality rate is down, with a 96% 5-year survival rate.



I am certainly impress with Marlene's great attention to statistical detail.

I guess if you pick and choose, you can get the results you want.  Not a new

concept is it.



I am not sure why the comment, "Several multiyear studies show that low

levels of radiation actually stimulate the immune system." was added, since

it has no relevance to the rest of the letter.



-- John 

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist 

3050 Traymore Lane

Bowie, MD  20715-2024



E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)      



-----Original Message-----

From: Jack_Earley@RL.GOV [mailto:Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]

Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 7:25 PM

To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: Cancer mortality rates





The following letter is from the Tri-City Herald, July 10,2002:

Cancer death rates lower here

	One in eight Americans will develop thyroid cancer.

	The only consistent and overall highest incidence of thyroid cancer

deaths (rated 10 on a scale from one to 10, with 10 being highest) from

1950-1994, per the National Cancer Institute, is concentrated around

Houston, Texas, and, for females only, in one small county each in central

Pennsylvania, north central Ohio and eastern Michigan.

	The overall cancer death rate from 1950-1994 for Benton and Franklin

counties [location of Hanford site] is below the national average. The

1950-1994 highest cancer death rates overall are in King County (Seattle)

and Multnomah County (Portland).

	Several multiyear studies show that low levels of radiation actually

stimulate the immune system.

	I am a consumer advocate for cancer research and related activities,

am associated with the National Cancer Institute, and am Northwest chair of

the National Association of Cancer Patients.

	For more information, see www.cancerpatients.org

<http://www.cancerpatients.org>. 

	Marlene Oliver, West Richland

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