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Calculator for Lifetime Risk of Cancers


Calculate your lifetime risk of being afflicted by some of the most common cancers. Lifetime risk is calculated by knowing the incidence of a cancer and this calculation may not apply to all the regions of the world.
However as the data is accurate from United States – it may be more applicable to their population and some of the other industrialized countries.

Calculate your Lifetime Risk for Cancers

Breast Cancer Cancer of Unknown Primary region
Cervical Cancer Colorectal cancer
Kidney Cancer Lung cancer
Melanoma Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Ovarian Cancer Pancreatic cancer
Pituitary Cancer Prostate Cancer
Stomach cancer Uterine Cancer
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Must know Cancer facts:

  1. Relative risk of developing breast cancer is doubled if there is a history of a first degree relative having the cancer(1 Trusted Source
    The genetics of breast cancer: risk factors for disease

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    ).
  2. Lifetime risk of an American developing an invasive cancer is 42.05% and 37.58% in males and females respectively(2 Trusted Source
    The Risk of Cancer Might be Lower Than We Think. Alternatives to Lifetime Risk Estimates

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    ).
  3. Relative risk of a smoker developing lung cancer is 23 times higher than that of a non-smoker(3 Trusted Source
    Smoking and Lung Cancer

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    ).
  4. Around 30 and 50% of cancers can be prevented by avoiding risk factors and prevention strategies(4 Trusted Source
    Cancer

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    ).
  5. 18.1 million new cases of cancer were estimated around world in 2020(5 Trusted Source
    Worldwide cancer data

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    ).
  6. Most common new cases of cancer in 2020 were breast (2.26 million), lung (2.21 million), colon and rectum (1.93 million), prostate (1.41 million), skin (non-melonoma) (1.20 million), and stomach (1.09 million)(4 Trusted Source
    Cancer

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    ).

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Cancer - Lifetime Risk

  • 1. The genetics of breast cancer: risk factors for disease
    (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681174/)
  • 2. The Risk of Cancer Might be Lower Than We Think. Alternatives to Lifetime Risk Estimates
    (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5796733/)
  • 3. Smoking and Lung Cancer
    (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080902/)
  • 4. Cancer
    (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cancer)
  • 5. Worldwide cancer data
    (https://www.wcrf.org/cancer-trends/worldwide-cancer-data/)

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