The National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention combined efforts to compile cancer incidence and mortality statistics for 1999-2004. These statistics show information on cancer incidence and mortality based on race gender, and geographic categories. This continues our series of cancer incidence and demographics, and lists the most common types of cancer in women. The numbers listed in parentheses below are new cases per 100,000 women.

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

1. Breast Cancer (117.7)
2. Lung (and Bronchus) Cancer (54.2)
3. Colon and Rectal Cancer (42.7)
4. Corpus and Uterus, NOS (23.1)
5. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (16.1)
6. Skin Melanomas (14.0)
7. Thyroid Cancer (13.8)
8. Ovarian Cancer (12.5)
9. Kidney and Renal Pelvis Cancer (10.0)
10. Pancreatic Cancer (9.7)

Use the to find out more information about the above diseases. Join Healia Health Communities or read our cancer information summaries from the NCI for more information about cancer incidence, treatment, and prevention.

Related blog post: Top 10 Most Common Types of Cancer Diagnosed in U.S. Men

_{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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