The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Cancer Prevention and Control presents an online summary overview and outlook of cancer over the past decade and into the future. Findings:
24%
new cancer cases, or more than one million cases per year, are expected for men in the U.S. between 2010 and 2020.
21%
new cancer cases, or more than 900,000 cases per year, are expected for women in the U.S. between 2010 and 2020.
18 million
cancer survivors are expected by 2020, up from 11.7 million survivors in 2007, because cancer patients overall are living longer.
10,000+
new lung cancer cases are expected to be found in women each year by 2020.
40%
weight-related cancers (except for breast and colorectal cancers) are expected by 2020, up from 30%.
50%+
new cases of liver cancer are expected as an increase, likely the result of the increase in hepatitis infections, particularly people born between 1945 and 1965.
30%
increase in oral cancers are expected for white men, likely the result of more human papillomavirus (HPV) infections.
15.2%
deaths are expected for men between 2007 and 2020.
8.1%
deaths are expected for women between 2007 and 2020.
