Incidence - A to Z
This page contains links to content about cancer incidence.
Incidence refers to the number of people newly diagnosed with cancer and is usually expressed as the number of new cases which have been registered in a year.
- Read an explanation of' 'cancer incidence' on CancerHelp UK, our patient information website
- Read about UK cancer incidence statistics
Or find out more using the links below.
Browse content about Incidence
- Bladder cancer incidence statistics
- Bone and connective tissue cancers Key Facts
- Brain, Other CNS and Intracranial Tumours Key Facts
- Breast cancer incidence statistics
- Cancer incidence for common cancers
- Cancer incidence statistics
- Cancer prevalence
- Cervical cancer incidence statistics
- Childhood cancer statistics - long-term follow-up
- Hodgkin lymphoma Key Facts
- Kidney cancer incidence statistics
- Leukaemia incidence statistics
- Liver cancer
- Lung cancer - incidence projections to 2024
- Mesothelioma Key Facts
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma incidence statistics
- Oral cancer Key Facts
- Other cancers
- Pancreatic cancer incidence statistics
- Prostate cancer incidence statistics
- Stomach cancer
- Testicular cancer incidence statistics
- Thyroid cancer incidence statistics
- Uterine cancer statistics Key Facts
- Vaginal cancer incidence statistics
- Worldwide cancer statistics
- Bone and connective tissue cancer incidence statistics
- Bowel cancer incidence statistics
- Brain, other CNS and intracranial tumours incidence statistics
- Cancer incidence by age
- Cancer incidence projections for selected cancers
- Cancer of unknown primary Key Facts
- Cancer projections for all cancers combined
- Childhood cancer incidence statistics
- Colorectal cancer
- Hodgkin lymphoma incidence statistics
- Laryngeal (larynx) cancer incidence statistics
- Lifetime risk of cancer
- Liver cancer incidence statistics
- Lung cancer incidence statistics
- Myeloma incidence statistics
- Oesophageal cancer incidence statistics
- Oral cancer incidence statistics
- Ovarian cancer incidence statistics
- Prostate cancer
- Skin cancer incidence statistics
- Stomach cancer incidence statistics
- Thyroid cancer Key Facts
- Uterine (womb) cancer incidence statistics
- Vaginal and vulval cancers Key Facts
- Vulval cancer incidence statistics
- Press Release: Breast cancer in women under 50 tops 10,000 cases for first time
3 May 2013 - News story: Lung cancer will kill more European women than breast cancer by 2015
13 February 2013 - News story: Lifestyle-linked diseases continue to increase globally
13 December 2012 - News story: 'Tougher actions' needed to reduce deadly toll of sunbeds
24 July 2012 - Press Release: Prostate cancer cases hit 40,000 for the first time
4 May 2012 - Press Release: NHS faces huge cancer challenge as cases set to jump by 45 per cent
28 October 2011 - News story: Report reveals global breast and cervical cancer trends
15 September 2011 - Press Release: Two young adults diagnosed with skin cancer every day
6 April 2011 - Press Release: Lung cancer rates double in women over 60
7 March 2011 - Press Release: Oesophageal cancer rates in men up 50 per cent in a generation
28 August 2010
- Press Release: Men's bowel cancer rates up by more than a quarter in last 35 years
2 April 2013 - Press Release: Thyroid cancer cases double in 20 years
14 December 2012 - News story: Deprived communities face higher risk of cervical cancer
9 October 2012 - News story: Global cancer incidence predicted to increase by 75 per cent by 2030
31 May 2012 - Press Release: HPV pushes oral cancer cases past 6,000 a year
16 March 2012 - News story: Study suggests oesophageal cancer 'less common than previously thought' in people with Barrett's oesophagus
13 October 2011 - Press Release: Cancer rates rise in middle-aged
18 July 2011 - Press Release: Over 12 per cent more bowel cancer cases found in over 60s because of screening
23 March 2011 - Press Release: One woman in eight will get breast cancer
4 February 2011 - News story: UK breast cancer rates 'four times higher than in eastern Africa'
10 August 2010





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