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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.

References

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  1. ^ "ACS :: Cancer Facts and Figures 2008". www.cancer.org. Retrieved 2008-03-20.