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Cancer Facts & Figures 2013 25
Special Section:
Pancreatic Cancer
Cancer of the pancreas is one of the deadliest cancer types. Most
pancreatic cancer patients will die within the first year of diag-
nosis, and just 6% will survive five years. Over...
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Survival rates of eye cancer are based on outcomes of people who've had the disease. Find the survival rates for eye cancer here.
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Estimated Number of New Cancer Cases by World Area, 2008*
*Region estimates do not sum to the worldwide estimate due to calculation method.
Source: GLOBOCAN 2008.
1 Eastern Africa (221,100)
2 Middle Africa (66,900)
3 Northern Africa (164,400)
4 Sout...
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Global Cancer Facts & Figures
2007
Estimated Number of New Cancer Cases by World Area, 2007
Worldwide*
12,332,300
1 Eastern Africa (290,100)
2 Middle Africa (87,800)
3 Northe...
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Cancer Facts & Figures 2012 25
Special Section:
Cancers with Increasing Incidence Trends
in the US: 1999-2008
Introduction
The incidence rates of many cancers have declined in recent years
due to numerous factors. Decreases in smoking have mani...
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Survival rates of bile duct cancer are based on outcomes of people who've had the disease. Find the survival rates for bile duct cancer here.
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Estimated Number of New Cancer Cases by World Area, 2012*
*Region estimates do not sum to the worldwide estimate due to calculation method.
Source: GLOBOCAN 2012.
1 Eastern Africa (287,300)
2 Middle Africa (74,100)
3 Northern Africa (220,600)
4 ...
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Survival rates are often used by doctors as a standard way of discussing a person's prognosis (outlook).
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Survival rates are often used by doctors as a standard way of discussing a person's prognosis (outlook).
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The survival statistics come from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, and are based on patients who were diagnosed with testicular cancer between 1999 and 2007.