How many people have cancer

How many people will get cancer?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_will_get_cancer

1.4 million are supposed to be diagnosed this year.

Why Do People Get Cancer?

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Your-Parent-Has-Cancer-Guide-for-Teens/allpages#chapter2-2

The causes of most cancers aren’t known . Scientists are still learning about things that may put people at a higher risk for certain types of cancer. These things include smoking, spending too much time in the sun, eating poorly, not getti…

Why Do People Get Breast Cancer?

http://www.thechildrenshospital.org/wellness/info/kids/27328.aspx

Any woman can get breast cancer, but doctors have found that certain factors make some women more likely to get it. family history: A woman whose mother, sister, aunt, or daughter has had breast cancer is more likely to get breast cancer. a…

Related Questions Answered on Y!Answers

How do I let people know that I don’t have cancer, even though I’m bald?

Q: People tell me they hope I feel better, but I’m bald due to stress, not cancer…

A: are you kidding me, people think you have cancer because you are bald? Bald is in these days so that would not be my first assumption…I would just say I’m fine and not expand on it.

How many people die from skin cancer yearly?

Q: I’m doing a biology project on skin cancer, and I’m making a brochure. I’m focusing on basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma, but I just need this bit of information in general. So I just need to know how many people die of skin cancer in general, just an approximation. Thankss.

A: Melanoma is the least common skin cancer but it is potentially the most serious: there are over 8,000 new cases each year in the UK and 1,800 deaths.Over one million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the US yearly. About 80% are basal cell carcinoma, 16% are squamous cell carcinoma, and 4% are melanoma. The incidence of both non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancers has been increasing over the past decades. Currently, between 2 and 3 million non-melanoma skin cancers and 132,000 melanoma skin cancers occur globally each year. One in every three cancers diagnosed is a skin cancer and, according to Skin Cancer Foundation Statistics, one in every five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.As ozone levels are depleted, the atmosphere loses more and more of its protective filter function and more solar UV radiation reaches the Earth’s surface. It is estimated that a 10 per cent decrease in ozone levels will result in an additional 300,000 non-melanoma and 4,500 melanoma skin cancer cases. The global incidence of melanoma continues to increase – however, the main factors that predispose to the development of melanoma seem to be connected with recreational exposure to the sun and a history of sunburn. These factors lie within each individual’s own responsibility.

How many people died of cancer in 2008?

Q: I am writing a paper, and I need to know 1) How many people had cancer in 2008, and 2) How many of those people died from it. If you do not have that information from 2008, 2007 will wok instead.

A: Hi Kylie. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is an excellent source for these types of statistics. Below is a link to an HTML page on 2008 cancer mortality stats (the HTML format is poor). But use the link to get to that page, then click on the link in the blue box at the top of the page to open the power point version (it’s great!).http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:ey5yVxqxnQQJ:www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/Cancer_Statistics_2008.ppt+CDC+cancer+mortality+statistics+2008&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=usBest wishes and good luck.Oh, and the estimated deaths in the U.S. in 2008 were:294,120 men and 271,520 women