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Human Cancer Statistics

There are more than 200 types of cancer. There are many different organs in the body, and each organ has a variety of types of cells. Cancer can develop in almost
all of these cells. Therefore, the characteristics of a specific cancer depends from which organ and which cell they originated.
The most common cancers are:

Male Female
Prostate Breast
Lung Lung
Colon and Rectum Colon and Rectum
Bladder Uterus
Non‐Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Ovary

Change in Cancer Incidence over time

14.1 million Adults in the world were diagnosed with cancer in 2012.
There were 8.2 million deaths from cancer in the world in 2012.

Cancer Survival

50% of adult cancer patients diagnosed in 2010‐2011 in England and Wales are predicted to survive 10 or more years.
46% of men and 54% of women cancer patients diagnosed in 2010‐2011 in England and Wales are predicted to survive 10 or more years.
Cancer survival in the UK has doubled in the last 40 years.