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Table 2 Comparison of this assessment to baseline studies: only presenting cancers cases (except testicle)

From: Assessment of cancers’ diagnostic stage in a Deaf community - survey about 4363 Deaf patients recorded in French units

Type of cancer

(number of Deaf cases)

Stage

% observed in the sample studied (nomber)

% of the reference population

Baseline studies

Colo-rectal (n = 6)

I

25.7%

PETRI (Fr) [24]

(37,413 patients)

II

21.3%

III

67% (4)

20.6%

IV

33% (2)

26.5%

NDa

5.9%

Melanoma (n = 3)

I and II

86.2%

PETRI (Fr) [24]

(7401 patients)

III

33% (1)

3.4%

IV

67% (2)

6.4%

NDa

4%

Hodgkin’s lymphoma (n = 3)

I

81.7%

PETRI (Fr) [24]

(1544 patients)

II

8.7%

III

67% (2)

3.8%

IV

3.8%

NDa

33% (1)

2.0%

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (n = 4)

Localized

25% (1)

30%

SEER (USA) [25]

(10,224 patients)

Regional

50% (2)

15%

Metastatic

25% (1)

47%

NDa

9%

Lung (n = 3)

I

15.5%

PETRI (Fr) [24]

(31,557 patients)

II

33% (1)

13.6%

III

20%

IV

67% (2)

39.4%

NDa

11.5%

Prostate (n = 11)

T1N0M0

9% (1)

27.4%

« Cancer de la prostate en France en 2001 » [21]

(2181 patients)

T2N0M0

9% (1)

59.2%

T3/T4N0M0

46% (5)

3.0%

N + M+

18% (2)

10.4%

NDa

18% (2)

Breast (n = 15)

T1

33% (5)

66%

Breast cancer incidence: Decreasing trend in large tumours in women aged 50–74 [22]

(28,092 patients)

T2+

60% (9)

34%

NDa

7% (1)

N0

53% (8)

63%

N+

40% (6)

33%

NDa

7% (1)

4%

M0

93% (14)

90.5%

M+

1 (7%)

4.5%

NDa

5%

Thyroid (n = 3)

I

67% (2)

67.9%

PETRI (Fr) [24]

(6672 patients)

II

33% (1)

6.4%

III

9.2%

IV

9.2%

NDa

7.3%

Uterine (n = 3)

Localized

67% (2)

69%

SEER (USA) [25]

(5774 patients)

Regional

19%

Metastatic

33% (1)

8%

NDa

4%

  1. aND: Not Definited