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Annual incidences of 40,000 or more cases qualify as a common cancer type, excluding non-melanoma skin cancers. The most common cancers are:

Bladder Cancer		Lung Cancer
Breast Cancer		Melanoma
Colon and Rectal Cancer		Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Endometrial Cancer		Pancreatic Cancer
Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer		Prostate Cancer
Leukemia		Thyroid Cancer
All Cancer types A to Z List		Cancer By body location/system

The most common cancer type is lung cancer: more than 222,000 new cases expected in the US in 2010

The lowest incidence in cancer is leukemia (all types including ALL, CLL, AML, CML etc.): 43,050 new cases are expected in the US in 2010, CLL being the most 14,990 cases

Estimated new cases of colon cancer and rectal cancer are 102,900 and 39,670, respectively, with total of 142,570 for colorectal cancer in the US in 2010

The estimated number of new cases of renal cell cancer for 2010 is 53,581

The following table gives the estimated numbers of new cases and deaths for each common cancer type:

Cancer Type	Estimated New Cases	Estimated Deaths
Bladder	70,530	14,680
Breast (Female – Male)	207,090 – 1,970	39,840 – 390
Colon and Rectal (Combined)	142,570	51,370
Endometrial	43,470	7,950
Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer	53,581	11,997
Leukemia	43,050	21,840
Lung (Including Bronchus)	222,520	157,300
Melanoma	68,130	8,700
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma	65,540	20,210
Pancreatic	43,140	36,800
Prostate	217,730	32,050
Thyroid	44,670	1,690

Cancer incidence and mortality statistics reported by the American Cancer Society (1) and information from NCI webpage were used to create the list

References

American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures 2010. Atlanta, Ga: American Cancer Society, 2010. Download PDF .