Cancer Facts
· In 2018, an estimated 1,735,350 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and 609,640 people will die from the disease.
· The most common cancers (listed in descending order according to estimated new cases in 2018) are breast cancer, lung and bronchus cancer, prostate cancer, colon and rectum cancer, melanoma of the skin, bladder cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, kidney and renal pelvis cancer, endometrial cancer, leukemia, pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer, and liver cancer.
· Nearly 40% of all men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes (based on 2013–2015 data).
· 33% of all those diagnosed with cancer will not live more than five year
Research is making a difference!
· Between 1999 and 2015 cancer mortality rates DECLINED
· Between 1999 and 2014 rate of new cases of cancer for men declined, and remained stable for women
· Female breast cancer rates decreased 1.6% per year, from 2011 to 2015
· The rate of new prostate cancer cases has declined at a rate of 6.5% per year
· The most common cancers (listed in descending order according to estimated new cases in 2018) are breast cancer, lung and bronchus cancer, prostate cancer, colon and rectum cancer, melanoma of the skin, bladder cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, kidney and renal pelvis cancer, endometrial cancer, leukemia, pancreatic cancer, thyroid cancer, and liver cancer.
· Nearly 40% of all men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes (based on 2013–2015 data).
· 33% of all those diagnosed with cancer will not live more than five year
Research is making a difference!
· Between 1999 and 2015 cancer mortality rates DECLINED
· Between 1999 and 2014 rate of new cases of cancer for men declined, and remained stable for women
· Female breast cancer rates decreased 1.6% per year, from 2011 to 2015
· The rate of new prostate cancer cases has declined at a rate of 6.5% per year