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. 2010 Oct 30;24(1-2):105–111. doi: 10.1093/protein/gzq090

Table III.

Analysis of trial counts and fractions in the 20 cancers with highest UK mortality

Mortality
Interventional trials
Biological trials
mAb trials
n % n % n % n %
All conditions N/A N/A 78510 82.5 7049 9.0 1536 2.0
All non-cancer conditions N/A N/A 56208 80.7 3396 6.0 503 0.9
All cancers 156 723 100 22 302 87.4 3653 16.4 1033 4.6
Lung 35 261 22.5 2373 10.6 294 8.0 91 8.8
Colorectal 16 259 10.4 1558 7.0 234 6.4 100 9.7
Breast 12 116 7.7 2932 13.1 442 12.1 130 12.6
Prostate 10 168 6.5 1506 6.8 188 5.1 34 3.3
Pancreas 7781 5.0 782 3.5 141 3.9 31 3.0
Oesophagus 7606 4.9 448 2.0 61 1.7 11 1.1
Stomach 5178 3.3 530 2.4 53 1.5 10 1.0
Bladder 5002 3.2 322 1.4 61 1.7 4 0.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 4438 2.8 1825 8.2 575 15.7 204 19.7
Ovary 4373 2.8 1124 5.0 220 6.0 43 4.2
All leukaemias 4367 2.8 2584 11.6 663 18.1 163 15.8
Kidney 3848 2.5 827 3.7 233 6.4 36 3.5
Brain and CNS 3674 2.3 1105 5.0 157 4.3 41 4.0
Liver 3390 2.2 803 3.6 101 2.8 26 2.5
Multiple myeloma 2660 1.7 1116 5.0 260 7.1 31 3.0
Mesothelioma 2156 1.4 143 0.6 18 0.5 8 0.8
Malignant melanoma 2067 1.3 851 3.8 366 10.0 46 4.5
Oral 1822 1.2 1298 5.8 121 3.3 18 1.7
Uterus 1741 1.1 678 3.0 98 2.7 8 0.8
Bone and connective tissue 1037 0.7 1832 8.2 432 11.8 58 5.6

Data are in part plotted in Figs 4 and 5. A number of trials are registered for more than one site-specific cancer. These have been counted once for each site and the total of the site-specific counts, therefore, is greater than the total provided for all cancers.