User:WriterHound/Cancer statistics

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2008 Type Selected Cancer Cases and Deaths in U.S., Estimate^[1]

Type of Cancer	New Cases	Deaths	Deaths % total
Total	1 437 180	565 650
Lung Cancer and bronchus cancer	215 020	161 840	28.6
Breast Cancer	184 450	40 930	7.2
Prostrate	186 320	28 660	5.1
Colon	108 070	49 960	8.8
Ovarian	20 180	15 310	2.7
Melanoma	62 480	8 420	1.5
Other non-epithelial skin cancer	5 240	2 780	0.49

Skin cancer numbers exclude basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, probably since these are usually curable. Overall new skin cancer cases will be over 1 000 000.

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