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Cancer Statistics

Males

Risk of developing Risk of dying from
% 1 in % 1 in
All invasive sites 44.29 2 23.20 4
Bladder (includes in situ) 3.80 26 0.85 118
Brain and nervous system 0.68 147 0.48 208
Breast 0.13 769 0.03 3,333
Colon and rectum 5.30 19 2.17 46
Esophagus 0.78 128 0.79 127
Hodgkin disease 0.26 385 0.05 2,000
Kidney and renal pelvis 1.88 53 0.60 167
Larynx (voice box) 0.60 167 0.22 455
Leukemia 1.52 66 1.00 100
Liver and bile duct 1.06 94 0.77 130
Lung and bronchus 7.67 13 6.95 14
Melanoma of the skin 2.36 42 0.40 250
Multiple myeloma 0.73 137 0.46 217
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2.30 43 0.88 114
Oral cavity and pharynx 1.41 71 0.38 263
Pancreas 1.41 71 1.28 78
Prostate 16.22 6 2.79 36
Stomach 1.10 91 0.53 189
Testicles 0.37 270 0.02 5,000
Thyroid 0.46 217 0.05 2,000

Females

Risk of developing Risk of dying from
% 1 in % 1 in
All invasive sites 37.76 3 19.58 5
    Bladder (includes in situ)
    1.16
    86
    0.33
    303
    Brain and nervous system
    0.54
    185
    0.38
    263
    Breast
    12.15
    8
    2.81
    36
    Cervix
    0.68
    147
    0.24
    417
    Colon and rectum
    4.97
    20
    2.01
    50
    Esophagus
    0.24
    417
    0.21
    476
    Hodgkin disease
    0.21
    476
    0.04
    2,500
    Kidney and renal pelvis
    1.13
    88
    0.35
    286
    Larynx (voice box)
    0.14
    714
    0.06
    1,667
    Leukemia
    1.10
    91
    0.71
    141
    Liver and bile duct
    0.47
    213
    0.42
    238
    Lung and bronchus
    6.35
    16
    5.05
    20
    Melanoma of the skin
    1.56
    64
    0.21
    476
    Multiple myeloma
    0.56
    179
    0.38
    263
    Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
    1.92
    52
    0.73
    137
    Oral cavity and pharynx
    0.66
    152
    0.18
    556
    Ovary
    1.39
    72
    1.04
    96
    Pancreas
    1.41
    71
    1.26
    79
    Stomach
    0.67
    149
    0.35
    286
    Thyroid
    1.34
    75
    0.07
    1,429
    Uterine corpus
    2.58
    39
    0.53
    189

References

National Cancer Institute. SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1975-2007. Lifetime Risk (Percent) of Being Diagnosed with Cancer by Site and Race/Ethnicity: Males, 17 SEER Areas, 2005-2007 (Table 1.15) and Females, 17 SEER Areas, 2005-2007 (Table 1.16). 2010. Accessed at http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2007/results_merged/topic_lifetime_risk_diagnosis.pdf on July 29, 2010.

National Cancer Institute. SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1975-2007. Lifetime Risk (Percent) of Dying from Cancer by Site and Race/Ethnicity: Males, Total US, 2005-2007 (Table 1.18) and Females, Total US, 2005-2007 (Table 1.19). 2010. Accessed at http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2007/results_merged/topic_lifetime_risk_death.pdf on July 29, 2010.

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