Incidence Of Breast Cancer In Males. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the uk 3 in 20 15 of all cases in females and males combined 2017 the next most common cancers in uk people are prostate 13 lung 13 and bowel 11 though there are more than 200 types of cancer just these four types breast prostate lung and bowel together account for more than half 53 of all new cases in the uk 2017. In the eu 28 the estimated number of new cases of cancer was approximately 1 6 million in males and 1 4 million in females with 790 000 men and 620 000 women dying from the disease in.
Rates of both colon and rectal cancer incidence tend to be low in most regions of africa and in southern asia. Chinese and japanese women. Incidence rates were stable for non hispanic white hispanics and native women.
The five year survival rate is noted to be 81 in black women and 92 in white women.
In the eu 28 the estimated number of new cases of cancer was approximately 1 6 million in males and 1 4 million in females with 790 000 men and 620 000 women dying from the disease in. Breast cancer incidence is strongly related to age with the highest incidence rates being in older people. The incidence rate for breast cancer is expected to increase with age for both males and females peaking at age group 70 74 for females. Incidence rates were stable for non hispanic white hispanics and native women.
