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posted on Oct 22, 08 07:29AM

I got this from the National Cancer Institute. I think the numbers speak for themselves. I'm pretty sure these numbers are for the US only so of course the potential is even greater worldwide.

Cancer Type	Estimated New Cases	Estimated Deaths
Bladder	68,810	14,100
Breast (Female -- Male)	182,460 -- 1,990	40,480 -- 450
Colon and Rectal (Combined)	148,810	49,960
Endometrial	40,100	7,470
Kidney (Renal Cell) Cancer	46,232	11,059
Leukemia (All)	44,270	21,710
Lung (Including Bronchus)	215,020	161,840
Melanoma	62,480	8,420
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma	66,120	19,160
Pancreatic	37,680	34,290
Prostate	186,320	28,660
Skin (Nonmelanoma)	>1,000,000	<1,000
Thyroid	37,340	1,590

References

American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures 2008. Atlanta, Ga: American Cancer Society, 2008. Also available online. Last accessed February 20, 2008.
Lipworth L, Tarone RE, McLaughlin JK: The epidemiology of renal cell carcinoma. Journal of Urology 176(6 pt 1):2353-2358, 2006. [PUBMED Abstract]