Epidemiology of Benign Giant Cell Tumor of Bone in the Chinese Population

ConclusionsLeveraging unique population-based registry data, we estimated that GCT is a rare disease in the Chinese population with an incidence ranging between 1.49 and 2.57 cases per million persons per year. Possible differences in diagnostic classification of GCT, urban-rural demographics, and the younger demographic distribution of the Chinese population may underlie observations that GCT, a condition that primarily affects young individuals (20-40 years of age), accounts for a higher proportion of skeletal tumors in China than in other regions.
Source: Journal of Bone Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research