CancerStats Key Facts
CancerStats Key Facts present the main, up-to-date, statistics and information on cancer. They detail cancer incidence, survival, mortality and risk factors (causes) and include a summary table of the statistics. Some also detail screening, treatment or other information specific to that cancer.
Each is available to download as a PDF.
The latest statistics available; incidence 2010, mortality 2010, and survival 2005-2009 (in most cases). Source years are specified in the statistics table. Find out why these are the latest statistics available.
Key Facts on:
- All cancers combined
- Bladder cancer
- Bone and connective tissue cancer
- Bowel (Colorectal) cancer
- Brain and other CNS tumours
- Breast cancer
- Cancer of unknown primary
- Cervical cancer
- Childhood cancers
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Kidney cancer
- Laryngeal (Larynx) cancer
- Leukaemia
- Liver cancer
- Lung cancer
- Mesothelioma
- Myeloma
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Oesophageal cancer
- Oral cancer
- Ovarian cancer
- Pancreatic cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Skin cancer
- Stomach cancer
- Teenage and young adult cancer
- Testicular cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Uterine cancer
- Vaginal and vulval cancer
- Worldwide cancer
Cancer stats highlights
Cancer Incidence: Read cancer incidence statistics including all cancers combined, common cancers, trends over time and by age-group.
Newsletter: Read our latest newsletter (February 2013) or email join the mailing list.
Key Facts: Read our expanding series of simple messages about the statistics on common cancers on-line or free to download.
Worldwide: Read about the latest cancer incidence and mortality worldwide, download the World Cancer Factsheet or the Cancer Incidence Worldwide map.
Our publications
Our statistical publications give you top-line cancer stats, in-depth explanations, and are all free to download.
Check out the latest publications from CR-UK's Statistical Information Team.
See our CancerStats Reports for detailed statistical reports on different types of cancer.
View our data tables for top-line cancer statistics.
or browse our publications site for all our materials.






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