There is a saying that
cancer has no answer. Once upon a time it was true. Now days, there is variety
of option for treatment of cancer. Although
variety of treatment options are
available but it is difficult to cure 100% patient. The cause is all cancer
doesn't respond effectively to drugs, chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Another
important factor is many times a cancer or malignancy is diagnosed in late
stage. So that when it is diagnosed, it has already affected many organs.
Numbers of cancer affected patient is
increasing day by day. It is very important to know the prevalence of various cancers
so that we can be careful. In this article, we will discuss about most commonly
occurring cancer throughout the whole world.
There were almost 14.1 million cancer patients
all over the world in 2012. Among 14.1 millions patients, 7.4 million were male
patient and 6.7 million were female patient. Researchers say that, total number
of cancer patient will reach 24 million by the year 2035.
The most common cancer all over the world is
lung cancer. It accounts for 13% of total cancer patients. Approximately 1.9
million new patients were found in the year 2012.
The second common cancer is breast cancer.
Females are mostly affected. It is very rare in male and but if a male is
affected, the prognosis is not good. Almost 1.7 million new cases of breast
cancer were reported in 2012.
Colorectal cancer is in number three position
in the list of most commonly occurring cancer. Almost 1.4 million new cases
were found in the year 2012.
Prostate cancer is number four in the list. It
is exclusively for male as girls don't have prostate!! Around 1.1 million new
cases were reported in 2012.
Stomach, liver and cervical cancers are in
5th, 6th and 7th position respectively in that list.
Cervix is a part of uterus. So cervical cancer
is only for female.
Esophagus, bladder and non-Hodgkin lymphoma is
in 8th, 9th and 10th position respectively.
So this is all about
top ten common cancers in whole world.
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