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American Cancer Society 2015 Statistics
- 1. Cancer Statistics 2015 A Presentation from the American Cancer Society ยฉ2015, American Cancer Society, Inc.
Editor's Notes
- It is estimated that more than 1.6 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2015. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men (26%), followed by lung (14%) and colon & rectum (8%) cancers. Among women, breast (29%), lung (13%), and colon & rectum (8%) cancers are the most common cancers.
- This slide shows trends in cancer incidence rates for all sites combined from 1975 to 2011. The current cancer incidence rate (averaged during 2007-2011) is 22% lower in women than in men. The reasons for this are not well understood, but likely reflect differences in environmental and hormonal exposures. During the most recent 5 years of data, rates declined slightly in men and were stable in women. The decrease among men is attributed mainly to declines in prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers. SEER 9 represents approximately 9% of the US population and is the only source for long-term (since 1975) population-based incidence data.
- The next four slides look at the lifetime probability of developing cancer and relative survival rates of cancer. Presently, the risk of an American man developing cancer over his lifetime is a little less than one in two.
- The risk of an American woman developing cancer over her lifetime is a little more than one in three.