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Vol. 6 (2) 119-144 April 2012, ISSN 0973-8916 (Print), 2230-7303 (Online)
Table 2. Leading causes of cancer cases and deaths compared between less developed and more developed countries. Data
summarized from IARC (16).
Less developed country deaths Less developed country cases More developed country deaths More developed country cases
Cancer type Overall Men Women Overall Men Women Overall Men Women Overall Men Women
All sites but skin 4,810,100 2,697,500 2,112,600 7,107,600 3,654,000 3,453,600 2,751,400 1,528,2001,223,200 5,560,000 2,975,200 2,584,800
Lung & bronchus 778,000 539,000 239,000 884,500 612,500 272,000 600,400 412,000 188,400 724,400 482,600 241,800
Liver 580,600 402,900 177,700 626,700 440,700 186,000 115,300 75,400 39,900 122,000 81,700 40,300
Stomach 556,400 353,500 202,900 713,900 466,900 247,000 181,700 110,900 70,800 275,700 173,700 102,000
Esophagus 338,900 223,000 115,900 400,500 262,600 137,900 67,700 52,900 14,800 81,300 63,600 17,700
Colon & rectum 288,500 154,400 134,100 506,400 274,000 232,400 320,100 166,200 153,900 727,400 389,700 337,700
Breast 268,900 0 268,900 691,300 0 691,300 189,500 0 189,500 692,200 0 692,200
Cervix uteri 242,000 0 242,000 453,300 0 453,300 32,900 0 32,900 76,700 0 76,700
Leukemia 170,200 95,100 75,100 209,900 116,500 93,400 87,300 48,600 38,700 140,700 79,000 61,700
Prostate 121,900 121,900 0 255,000 255,000 0 136,500 136,500 0 648,000 648,000 0
Non-Hodgkin
lymphoma 120,100 71,600 48,500 175,200 103,800 71,400 71,400 37,900 33,500 180,500 95,700 84,800
Brain, nervous
system 114,000 63,700 50,300 152,400 81,200 71,200 61,000 33,600 27,400 85,500 45,600 39,900
Pancreas 104,300 55,500 48,800 112,500 60,200 52,300 161,800 82,700 79,100 165,100 84,200 80,900
Oral cavity 96,900 61,200 35,700 171,800 107,700 64,100 30,700 21,900 8,800 91,200 62,800 28,400
Ovary 75,700 0 75,700 125,200 0 125,200 64,500 0 64,500 100,300 0 100,300
Urinary bladder 75,700 57,200 18,500 155,100 119,500 35,600 74,500 55,000 19,500 230,500 177,800 52,700
Kidney 47,800 29,000 18,800 92,100 56,900 35,200 68,600 43,000 25,600 180,300 111,100 69,200
Corpus uteri 41,165 0 41,165 144,900 0 144,900 32,700 0 32,700 143,500 0 143,500
Melanoma of skin 14,900 7,900 7000 30,600 15,700 14,900 31,500 18,000 13,500 167,700 86,100 81,600
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