Basic Summary for Thymus Cancer

Main name of condition: Thymus Cancer
Other names or spellings: thymus tumor

What is Thymus Cancer?
  Brief description of Thymus Cancer: Cancer of the immune-related thymus gland
  Parent types of Thymus Cancer: Endocrine system cancer, Cancer, Thymus disorders
  Organs Affected by Thymus Cancer: thymus gland, immune
  Types of Thymus Cancer: Thymoma

What causes Thymus Cancer?
Class of Condition for Thymus Cancer: cancer

Can anyone else get Thymus Cancer?
Contagion of cancer: generally not; see details in contagion of cancer.

Society issues for Thymus Cancer
Hospitalization statistics for Thymus Cancer: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Thymus Cancer:

0.003% (352) of hospital consultant episodes were for malignant neoplasm of thymus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
92% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of thymus required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
55% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of thymus were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
45% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of thymus were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
19% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of thymus required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of thymus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of thymus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
51 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for malignant neoplasm of thymus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
66% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of thymus occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of thymus occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
24% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of thymus were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.003% (1,319) of hospital bed days were for malignant neoplasm of thymus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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