The Lifetime Probability of Developing Cancer for Women, 2005-2007*
SiteRisk
All sites\dagger1 in 3
Breast1 in 8
Lung & bronchus1 in 16
Colon & rectum1 in 20
Uterine corpus1 in 39
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma1 in 52
Urinary bladder\ddagger1 in 87
Melanoma\S1 in 55
Ovary1 in 72
Pancreas1 in 71
Uterine cervix1 in 147
* For those free of cancer at beginning of age interval.
† All Sites exclude basal and squamous cell skin cancers and in situ cancers except urinary bladder.
\ddagger Includes invasive and in situ cancer cases
§ Statistic for white women.
Source: DevCan: Probability of Developing or Dying of Cancer Software, Version 6.5.0 Statistical Research and
Applications Branch, NCI, 2010. http://srab.cancer.gov/devcan
Slide From The American Cancer Society