The incidence of new womens cancers in the United States in 1997 are indicated in Figure 32.2. In the United States the combined incidence rates of the three main s (uterine cervix, body of the uterus and ovary) is 43.6 per 100,000 women whereas the incidence of breast cancer is 109.5 per 100,000 women.
Table 32. 1 Incidence and survival of female cancers in the UK (1984)
|
% of cancer registrations |
New Cases/yr |
5 year survival |
UK deaths /year |
% of cancer deaths | |
| Breast | 19 | 24,471 | 62% | 15,245 | 20 |
| Cervix | 4 | 4,567 | 58% | 2,234 | 3 |
| Ovary | 4 | 5,160 | 28% | 4345 | 6 |
| Endometrial | 3 | 3,741 | 70% | 1,050 | 1.6 |
