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Table 2 Distributions of neuroendocrine tumors by primary sites, Japan, 2009–2015

From: Epidemiology of neuroendocrine neoplasmas in Japan: based on analysis of hospital-based cancer registry data, 2009 – 2015

Sites

ALL

Male

Female

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Rectum

8,003

50.9%

4,908

31.2%

3,095

19.7%

Pancreas

2,190

13.9%

1,064

6.8%

1,126

7.2%

Duodenum

1,418

9.0%

902

5.7%

516

3.3%

Lung

1,406

8.9%

721

4.6%

685

4.4%

Stomach

1,373

8.7%

801

5.1%

572

3.6%

Colon

320

2.0%

173

1.1%

147

0.9%

Small intestines

258

1.6%

178

1.1%

80

0.5%

Thymus

142

0.9%

105

0.7%

37

0.2%

Bile cystic duct

129

0.8%

70

0.4%

59

0.4%

Ovarium

94

0.6%

 

0.0%

94

0.6%

Mediastinum

65

0.4%

44

0.3%

21

0.1%

Liver

64

0.4%

30

0.2%

34

0.2%

Others

268

1.7%

141

0.9%

127

0.8%

Total

15,730

100.0%

9,137

58.1%

6,593

41.9%