Estimated Cancer Incidence by Site and Sex

	Estimated New Cases			Estimated Deaths
Cancer Site	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total

Oral cavity & pharynx	24,180	10,180	34,360	5,180	2,370	7,550
Tongue	6,930	2,870	9,800	1,180	650	1,830
Mouth	6,480	4,180	10,660	1,110	750	1,860
Pharynx	9,310	2,490	11,800	1,620	560	2,180
Other oral cavity	1,460	640	2,100	1,270	410	1,680
Digestive system	147,390	123,860	271,250	74,500	60,210	134,710
Esophagus	12,130	3,430	15,560	10,900	3,040	13,940
Stomach	13,000	8,260	21,260	6,610	4,600	11,210
Small intestine	2,940	2,700	5,640	570	520	1,090
Colon*	55,290	57,050	112,340	26,000	26,180	52,180
Rectum	23,840	17,580	41,420	NA	NA	NA
Anus, anal canal, & anorectum	1,900	2,750	4,650	260	430	690
Liver & intrahepatic bile duct	13,650	5,510	19,160	11,280	5,500	16,780
Gallbladder & other biliary	4,380	4,870	9,250	1,260	1,990	3,250
Pancreas	18,830	18,340	37,170	16,840	16,530	33,370
Other digestive organs	1,430	3,370	4,800	780	1,420	2,200
Respiratory system	127,090	102,310	229,400	92,910	71,930	164,840
Larynx	8,960	2,340	11,300	2,900	760	3,660
Lung & bronchus	114,760	98,620	213,380	89,510	70,880	160,390
Other respiratory organs	3,370	1,350	4,720	500	290	790
Bones & joints	1,330	1,040	2,370	740	590	1,330
Soft tissue (including heart)	5,050	4,170	9,220	1,840	1,720	3,560
Skin (excluding basal & squamous)	37,070	27,980	65,050	7,140	3,710	10,850
Melanoma-skin	33,910	26,030	59,940	5,220	2,890	8,110
Other non-epithelial skin	3,160	1,950	5,110	1,920	820	2,740
Breast	2,030	178,480	180,510	450	40,460	40,910
Genital system	228,090	78,290	306,380	27,720	28,020	55,740
Uterine cervix	-	11,150	11,150	-	3,670	3,670
Uterine corpus	-	39,080	39,080	-	7,400	7,400
Ovary	-	22,430	22,430	-	15,280	15,280
Vulva	-	3,490	3,490	-	880	880
Vagina & other genital, female	-	2,140	2,140	-	790	790
Prostate	218,890	-	218,890	27,050	-	27,050
Testis	7,920	-	7,920	380	-	380
Penis & other genital, male	1,280	-	1,280	290	-	290
Urinary system	82,960	37,440	120,410	18,100	9,240	27,340
Urinary bladder	50,040	17,120	67,160	9,630	4,120	13,750
Kidney & renal pelvis	31,590	19,600	51,190	8,080	4,810	12,890
Ureter & other urinary organs	1,330	720	2,050	390	310	700
Eye & orbit	1,310	1,030	2,340	110	110	220
Brain & other nervous system	11,170	9,330	20,500	7,150	5,590	12,740
Endocrine system	9,040	26,480	35,520	1,030	1,290	2,320
Thyroid	8,070	25,480	33,550	650	880	1,530
Other endocrine	970	1,000	1,970	380	410	790
Lymphoma	38,670	32,710	71,380	10,370	9,360	19,730
Hodgkin's lymphoma	4,470	3,720	8,190	770	300	1,070
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma	34,200	28,990	63,190	9,600	9,060	18,660
Multiple myeloma	10,960	8,940	19,900	5,550	5,240	10,790
Leukemia	24,800	19,440	44,240	12,320	9,470	21,790
Acute lymphocytic leukemia	3,060	2,140	5,200	820	600	1,420
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia	8,960	6,380	15,340	2,560	1,940	4,500
Acute myeloid leukemia	7,060	6,350	13,410	5,020	3,970	8,990
Chronic myeloid leukemia	2,570	2,000	4,570	240	250	490
Other leukemia	3,150	2,570	5,720	3,680	2,710	6,390
Other & unspecified primary sites	15,720	16,380	32,100	24,440	20,790	45,230
Total, all sites	766,860	678,060	1,444,920	289,550	270,100	559,650





2007 data. - = not applicable. NA = Not available. *Estimated deaths for colon and rectal cancers are combined. Excludes basal and squamous cell skin cancers and in situ carcinomas except urinary bladder. All figures rounded to the nearest 10.

Source: American Cancer Society, 2007.

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