About
Since this is the “about” page I should probably tell you a little about myself. I manage an electronics/appliance store in a small town out West. We offer many different products and services such as; computer sales and repair, appliance sales and repair, all types of consumer electronics, and video rentals. All these things keep me pretty busy. They also allow me to observe all types of people and their various behaviors.
I also have a disease that, as smart as I think I am, I have trouble spelling. Its called peripheral neuropathy. The link goes to the Mayo Clinic’s description of the disease. It is a wonderful little affliction that causes a variety of symptoms, pain being one of the most fun. So now you know how I came up with my nickname. From time to time you will probably see me complain about it here, but I will try to keep it to a minimum.
A while ago, I watched the movie “Idiocracy“. I must say that I then realized that there were others who also saw the horrible decline in the education / intelligence of people living in the United States. I must say that it was a relief and great sadness at the same time. If you are smart, I recommend that you watch this movie.
Well if anyone reads this blog, I hope that you like what you see. If so comment. If you disagree and don’t like what you see then comment too. I’m pretty open minded even though it may not seem that way at times.
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serendopeity said
Statistics Update from the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 2008 annual report.
Cancer trends and death rates.
Esophageal cancer still remains on an upward swing in the 2008 data. There were 16, 470 estimated new cases in 2008 and there were sadly, 14,280 estimated deaths. Only pancreatic cancer with 37, 680 new cases and 34,290 deaths had a higher mortality rate. Liver cancer is a very close third with with 21,370 new cases in 2008 and 18,410 deaths, only a few tenths of percentage points behind esophageal cancer.
On a more positive note, the 5 year survival rate for esophageal cancer has risen from 5% in 1975-77 to 16% in 1996-2003. That is a very positive trend and points to the progress and improvements in surgery outcomes over 20 years.
The report did not break down the data by stage of tumor, but should be on the NCI website shortly, if not already, since this is based upon federal data.