Radiation Oncology/Epidemiology/USA

• American Cancer Society
  • 2009 PMID 19474385 -- "Cancer statistics, 2009." (Jemal A, CA Cancer J Clin. 2009 Jul-Aug;59(4):225-49. Epub 2009 May 27.)

Cancer Site	Incidence	Deaths
Lung	219 K	159 K
Breast	194 K	41 K
Prostate	192 K	27 K
Colon	106 K	50 K (combined with rectum)
Bladder	71 K	14 K
Melanoma	69 K	9 K
NHL	66 K	19 K
Kidney	58 K	13 K
Endometrial	42 K	8 K
Pancreas	42 K	35 K
Rectum	41 K	(grouped with colon)

• • 2008 PMID 18287387 -- "Cancer statistics, 2008." (Jemal A, CA Cancer J Clin. 2008 Mar-Apr;58(2):71-96. Epub 2008 Feb 20.)
  • 2007 PMID 17237035 -- "Cancer statistics, 2007." (Jemal A, CA Cancer J Clin. 2007 Jan-Feb;57(1):43-66.)
  • 2006 PMID 16514137 -- "Cancer statistics, 2006" (Jemal A, CA Cancer J Clin. 2006 Mar-Apr;56(2):106-30.)
  • 2005 PMID 16514137 -- "Cancer statistics, 2005" (Jemal A, CA Cancer J Clin. 2005 Jan-Feb;55(1):10-30.)

Survival

• SEER data, 2007 (1998-2003) PMID 17664474 -- "Recent major progress in long-term cancer patient survival disclosed by modeled period analysis." (Brenner H, J Clin Oncol. 2007 Aug 1;25(22):3274-80.)
  • 5- and 10-year relative survival evaluated, as a ratio of survival with disease over expected survival in population without disease

2003 U.S. Relative Survival Figures

Cancer Site	Incidence	5-year RS	10-year RS
Prostate	256 K	99.8%	98%
Breast	232 K	91%	86%
Lung	200 K	16%	11%
Colon	120 K	66%	62%
Bladder	62 K	80%	74%
NHL	61 K	65%	55%
Melanoma	53 K	93%	91%
Rectum	48 K	67%	60%
Uterus	44 K	85%	83%
Leukemias	37 K	46%	35%
Oral cavity	36 K	61%	50%
Pancreas	34 K	7%	5%
Kidney	33 K	67%	60%
Stomach	27 K	26%	12%
Ovary	26 K	44%	35%
Thyroid	24 K	97%	96%
Brain	21 K	30%	24%
Multiple myeloma	18 K	32%	15%
Cervix	17 K	72%	67%
Liver	15 K	12%	9%
Esophagus	14 K	18%	13%
Larynx	14 K	62%	49%
Testis	11 K	97%	96%
Hodgkin's Disease	11 K	85%	80%

Pediatric

• SEER Incidence Rates (2002-2006)

References

• American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts & Figures 2006
• U.S. Cancer Statistics 2002