What makes breast cancer...

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by luv

I'll bet it's higher than 10%.

Someone said breast cancer is the most common form of cancer and the most hereditary. It's also one of the most rapidly spread forms. I'll bet you that more people have been affected, in some way, by breast cancer than any other. Your grandmother, mother, aunt, sister, niece, daughter, granddaughter, wife, girlfriend, or friend has probably had it at some point. Pretty sure every guy has a female in their life. Maybe men should understand the importance of spreading the word to the women in their life that early detection is key. Or, at the very least, understand the importance of it.

False. Prostate and lung cancer are slightly more common, and lung cancer is far more deadly.

Originally Posted by DaFace

Just for the record, here are some stats on cancer.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/commoncancers

[table]Cancer Type|Estimated New Cases|Pct New Cases|Estimated Deaths|Pct Deaths
Bladder|70,530|5.8%|14,680|3.6%
Breast (Female)|207,090|17.0%|39,840|9.9%
Breast (Male)|1,970|0.2%|390|0.1%
Colon and Rectal (Combined)|142,570|11.7%|51,370|12.7%
Endometrial|43,470|3.6%|7,950|2.0%
Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer|49,504|4.1%|11,084|2.7%
Leukemia|43,050|3.5%|21,840|5.4%
Lung (Including Bronchus)|222,520|18.2%|157,300|38.9%
Melanoma|68,130|5.6%|8,700|2.2%
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma|65,540|5.4%|20,210|5.0%
Pancreatic|43,140|3.5%|36,800|9.1%
Prostate|217,730|17.8%|32,050|7.9%
Thyroid|44,670|3.7%|1,690|0.4%[/table]