Table 2: Cancer sites in the Cancer Atlas of Northern Europe.

ICD-7 Site (ICD-9) Comment
140-207 All malignant neoplasms (140-208) Excludes skin cancers
140 Lip (140)  
143-144 Oral cavity (143-145)  
145-148 Pharynx (146-149) Excludes nasopharynx
150 Oesophagus (150) Excludes adenocarcinoma of the cardia and oesophagus when doubtful whether oesophagus or stomach is primary site
151 Stomach (151) Includes adenocarcinoma of the cardia and oesophagus when doubtful whether oesophagus or stomach is primary site
153 Colon (153, 159.0) Excludes carcinoids; includes rectosigmoid cancer; includes intestinal tract, unspecified
154 Rectum (154) Excludes carcinoids; excludes rectosigmoid junction and cancer of anal canal and anus
155.0 Primary liver (155)  
155.1 Gall-bladder, biliary tract (156)  
157 Pancreas (157)  
161 Larynx (161)  
162,163 Lung (162)  
170 Breast (174)  
171 Cervix uteri (180) Includes microinvasive carcinomas; excludes carcinoma in situ and dysplasia
172 Corpus uteri (182)  
175.0 Ovary (183) Excludes benign granulosa-cell tumours
177 Prostate (185) Includes latent prostate carcinoma
178 Testis (186)  
180 Kidney (189) Excludes papilloma
181.0 Bladder (188) Excludes papilloma
190 Melanoma of the skin (172) Excludes juvenile melanoma and lentigo maligna
193 Brain and nervous system (191,192) Includes benign tumours of the central nervous system and meninges
194 Thyroid (193)  
196 Bone (170)  
197 Soft tissue (171)  
200,202 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (202) Excludes Waldenström's disease
201 Hodgkin's disease (201)  
203 Multiple myeloma (203)  
204-207 Leukaemia (204-208)  

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