Cancer Overview
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world and it is projected to become the
leading cause of death worldwide in 2010 overtaking heart disease. Cancer diagnoses around the world have steadily been rising and are expected to hit 12 million this year. Global killer cancer deaths are expected to reach 7 million, according to the new report by the World Health Organization.
An annual rise of 1 percent in cases and deaths is expected — with even larger increases in China, Russia and India. That means new killer cancer cases will likely mushroom to 27 million annually by 2030, with deaths hitting 17 million.
Below, you'll find the Top 10 Fatal Cancers today.
Top 10 Killer Cancers
1. Lung Cancer
The death toll is high. About 213,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer every year and more than 160,000 die from it.
2. Colon-Rectum Cancer
It is the second leading cause of cancer death in the US. Each year it claims an estimated 55,000 lives, and produces about 150,000 new cases- more than any other kind of cancer except skin cancer. It afflicts men and women about equally.
3. Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common of cancers affecting woman. It kills more women than any other kind of cancer. About 150,000 women in the US develop breast cancer each year, and 35% die of the disease.
4. Pancreatic Cancer
An estimated 34,000 people in the United States will die from stomach cancer this year. An estimated 37,000 new cases were reported just last year (2008).
5. Prostate Cancer
Cancer of the prostate is the most common cancers among men and is second only to lung cancer as a lethal type of tumor for men. About 30,000 people die of prostate cancer each year.
6. Bladder Cancer
Extensive occurrence of bladder cancer is commonly associated with industrial growth. It appears at annual rate of about 40,000 new cases each year in the US and causes more than 15,000 deaths annually.
7. Oral Cancer
Cancer of the mouth and lips strike an estimated 25,000 persons in the US each year and kill a shocking 9,000.
8. Skin Cancer
With as many as 500,000 new cases occuring annually, skin cancer is the largest single source of malignancy in the US. An estimated 6,000 persons die of this disease each year.
9. Cancer of the Uterus
Cancer of the uterus is more common than cancer of the cervix. Uterine cancer is the most common type of cancer of the reproductive organs.
10. Ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common type of cancer in women, with an average of 21,000 new cases each year. It is second to uterine cancer in the number of cases of cancer of the reproductive organ.
I hope this helped you somehow to be aware of the fatal cancers today. If you need to learn more about cancer in general, click the What is Cancer link.