Cancer Statistics 2019: The 10 Most Common Cancers The US

There are more than 200 types of cancers we know of today. Of all these, the condition detected with the highest frequency in the United States (not including nonmelanoma skin cancers) is breast cancer. This is followed by lung and prostate cancer.

In the recently published Cancer Statistics 2019 by the American Cancer Society, information on the latest cancer incidence, mortality, and survival rates are revealed. In this article, we look at the 10 most common cancers of America. To qualify for this list, the projected annual prevalence for 2019 had to be 40,000 cases or more.

1. Breast

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