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. 2018 Feb 9;18:169. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4053-y

Table 3.

Projected complete prevalence (cases) at January 1,  2020 by sex and 10-year variations in Italy

Prevalent cases Variation (%)
2020 10-year period
Cancer Typea Men Women Total Men Women Total
All types but skin non-melanoma 1687,049 1,922,086 3,609,135 41.3% 33.1% 36.8%
Upper aero-digestive tract 36,081 21,831 57,911 34.9% 41.5% 37.3%
Stomach 50,327 32,033 82,360 9.5% −9.9% 1.0%
Colon, Rectum, Anus 280,277 233,245 513,522 51.1% 35.7% 43.7%
Liver 25,234 8531 33,765 44.6% 16.4% 36.2%
Larynx 47,015 6006 53,020 4.9% 36.3% 7.7%
Lung 77,159 40,657 117,816 22.4% 71.4% 35.8%
Skin Melanoma 80,069 89,831 169,900 78.0% 56.2% 65.8%
Connective Tissue 17,040 11,815 28,855 44.9% 19.1% 33.1%
Female Breast 834,154 834,154 37.9% 37.9%
Cervix Uteri 51,136 51,136 −13.2% −13.2%
Corpus Uteri (endometrium) 122,553 122,553 18.6% 18.6%
Ovary 49,807 49,807 9.2% 9.2%
Prostate 563,960 563,960 84.9% 84.9%
Testis 63,395 63,395 67.1% 67.1%
Kidney 97,249 47,151 144,400 54.8% 33.8% 47.2%
Bladder 255,015 58,608 313,624 32.4% 22.6% 30.4%
Brain and central nervous system 23,505 29,314 52,819 45.9% 26.7% 34.6%
Thyroid 45,949 166,914 212,863 80.1% 78.8% 79.1%
Hodgkin Lymphoma 37,692 29,314 67,006 35.5% 43.5% 38.9%
Non- Hodgkin Lymphoma 82,780 73,584 156,364 45.7% 36.5% 41.2%
Leukaemias 45,880 39,100 84,980 27.1% 25.3% 26.3%
Multiple Myeloma 19,472 17,159 36,631 52.3% 39.8% 46.1%

a Cancer types with more than 20,000 prevalent cases at 2010