Fraction of cancer cases that are lung, breast, colon, and prostate cancer
| Range | >50 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference | Editor: Dr. Robert A. Meyers, Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Nicholas B. La Thangue, Cancer Chemotherapy, Theoretical Foundations of, p.173 left column top paragraph |
| Comments | Cancer is not a single disease, as there are over 200 different types of diseases that fall into this category. However, four cancers dominate, namely, lung, breast, colon, and prostate, which account for over half of all new cases. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 107492 |