
Cancer Incidence and Survival Statistics
According to the American Cancer Society 45%
of men and 38% of women will get cancer (go
here and
here).
Overall about 41% of Americans will
get cancer and 21% die from it (go
here.)
Detailed statistical
information is below.
ACS Stats Page
and 2011
here
and 2012
here
CancerNet
(NCI) Statistics
Cancer Rates Info
CDC Cancer
Statistics and
Map
CDC
Health Statistics
Global
Cancer Statistics
Local Hospital Statistics from
the tumor
(cancer)
registry go
here,
here,
here and
here
NAACCR Stats
NCDB
Benchmark Tables
St.
Petersburg Stats
SEER
and here
and here
(median
age here and
here,
survival, life time risk,
life time
mortality)
SEER Registries
Tumor
Registry Sites
Survival data is noted below but read and understand the disclaimer about medical statistics here
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Survival for specific cancers are found in the
individual sections here, and
there are some very useful online
survival calculators. Survival for patients with advanced cancer include: brain metastases, liver metastases, bone metastases, untreated lung cancer, general advanced cancer. More survival information for patients with incurable cancers is found in the hospice section here also see life expectancy tables ,
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