Cancer in NSW: Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence Report 2005

01 Nov 2007
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Cancer in New South Wales: Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence 2005 is the most comprehensive overview of cancer published in NSW.

The report shows that in 2005, more than 221,000 people were living with cancer in NSW or were cured of the disease. Of these cancer survivors, 64% had breast cancer, melanoma, prostate or bowel cancer.

Our most common cancers are prostate, bowel, breast, melanoma and lung. Of these, only lung cancer still has a poor outlook, with only one in eight people alive five years after the diagnosis. Overall, cancer incidence rates have levelled off in men but continue to increase by 7% in women.

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