Bone sarcoma incidence statistics
Bone sarcoma incidence by gender and UK country
| Bone sarcoma accounts for less than 1% of all new cancer cases in the UK, with around 280 new cases in females and around 320 new cases in males every year (2017-2019). |
Bone sarcoma incidence by age
| Incidence rates for bone sarcoma are highest in people aged 85 to 89 in the UK, with almost 5 in 100 (3%) of all new bone sarcoma cases diagnosed in this age group (2017-2019). |
Bone sarcoma incidence trends over time
| Bone sarcoma incidence rates have increased by a seventh (14%) in the UK since the early 1990s and rates have decreased by around a tenth (9%) in the last decade (2017-2019). |
Bone sarcoma incidence projections
| Bone sarcoma incidence rates in the UK are projected to decrease by 8% between 2023-2025 and 2038-2040, with around 510 new cases each year by 2038-2040. |
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The most common specific location for bone sarcomas in the UK is the lower limb (2016-2018).[1-4] Variation of incidence by anatomical site may reflect the physical size of each site, and differences in risk factor exposure by site, among other factors. Cases and percentages may not sum due to rounding |
See also
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References
- Data were provided by the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (part of Public Health England), on request through the Office for Data Release, July 2021. Similar data can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk(link is external)
- Data were provided by ISD Scotland on request, April 2020. Similar data can be found here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications.(link is external)
- Data were published by the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, Health Intelligence Division, Public Health Wales, March 2021. https://phw.nhs.wales/services-and-teams/welsh-cancer-intelligence-and-surveillance-unit-wcisu/cancer-incidence-in-wales-2002-2018/.(link is external)
- Data were provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry on request, June 2020. Similar data can be found here: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/(link is external)
About this data
Data is for UK, 2016-2018, ICD-10 C40-C41. For some cases the specific location of the cancer is not recorded, this may be due to clinical or data recording factors.
Last reviewed: 8 March 2022
Bone sarcoma incidence rates (European age-standardised (AS) rates) in England in females are similar in the most deprived quintile compared with the least, and in males are similar in the most deprived quintile compared with the least (2013-2017).[1]
See also
Data table: Cancer incidence rates and excess cases by cancer type in England
Incidence by deprivation for all cancer types combined
Bone sarcoma mortality by deprivation (not directly comparable with incidence by deprivation)
Cancer incidence by deprivation for Scotland
Cancer incidence by deprivation for Wales
Cancer incidence by deprivation for Northern Ireland
References
- Calculated by the Cancer Intelligence Team at Cancer Research UK, April 2020. Based on method reported in National Cancer Intelligence Network Cancer by Deprivation in England Incidence, 1996-2010 Mortality, 1997-2011(link is external) . Using cancer incidence data 2013-2017 (Public Health England) and population data 2013-2017 (Office for National Statistics) by Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2015 income domain quintile, cancer type, sex, and five-year age band.
About this data
Data is for England, 2013-2017, ICD-10 C21.
Last reviewed: 30 September 2020
An estimated 4,800 people who had been diagnosed with bone sarcoma between 1991 and 2010 were alive in the UK at the end of 2010.[1]
See also
Bone sarcoma incidence statistics by sex and UK country
References
- Macmillan Cancer Support and National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service. Cancer Prevalence UK Data Tables London: NCRAS; 2015.
About this data
Data is for: Great Britain (1991-2010) and Northern Ireland (1993-2010), ICD-10 C40, C41
Last reviewed: 27 July 2017
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