The U.S. Cancer Statistics: 2004 Incidence and Mortality online report lists the most common types of cancer diagnosed in men. In this report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) collaborated to provide cancer incidence and mortality statistics for 1999-2004. These statistics show information on cancer incidence and mortality based on gender, race, and geographic categories. The numbers listed in parentheses below are new cases per 100,000 persons.

The top 10 most common types of cancer diagnosed in U.S. men are:

1. Prostate Cancer (145.3 per 100,000 men)
2. Lung Cancer (85.3)
3. Colon and Rectal Cancer (58.2)
4. Urinary Bladder Cancer (37.3)
5. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (22.6)
6. Skin Melanomas (21.5)
7. Kidney and Renal Pelvis Cancer (19.1)
8. Mouth and Throat Cancer (15.7)
9. Leukemia (15.2)
10. Pancreatic Cancer (12.8)

Want to learn more? Use the Health Search Engine to find out more information about the above diseases or read the cancer summaries from NCI.

_{Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2004 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute; 2007. Available at: www.cdc.gov/uscs}.

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