Posted by Steve on Thursday 9th April
Sarcoma UK's Annual Review for 2013/14 has some interesting statistics:
• About 3,800 new cases of sarcoma are diagnosed each year in the UK. These represent approximately 1% of all cancer diagnoses
• 3,330 people are diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma (including GIST)
• 500 people are diagnosed with a bone sarcoma
• In general, patients with a bone or soft tissue sarcoma diagnosis tend to be younger than the majority of cancer patients (* is data for England)
• 16% of bone or soft tissue sarcomas are diagnosed in patients less than thirty years of age, compared to around 2% of all cancers*
• 37% of bone or soft tissue sarcoma patients are aged less than 50 years*
• Sarcomas make up 15% of all childhood cancers (0-14 years)
• Sarcomas make up 11% of all cancer diagnoses in teenagers and young people (15-24 years)
Sarcoma UK's goals are:
• More people will survive sarcoma.
• More will be known about the causes of sarcoma.
• Everyone affected by sarcoma will have access to the best treatment and care.
They also proudly say that
For every £1 spent on Fundraising £6.22 was raised.
78% of income was spent on Charitable Activities
(Awareness; Research; Support & Information)
