Estimated new cancer cases in US in 2018

It is estimated that about 1.7 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2018. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among males (19%), followed by lung (14%) and colorectal (9%) cancers. Among females, breast (30%), lung (13%), and colorectal (7%) cancers are the most common.

Rankings based on estimates should be interpreted with caution because they are model-based projections.