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. 2022 Aug 22;114(11):1476–1483. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac158

Table 1.

Estimates of deaths and incidence and prevalence of metastatic cancer including de novo and recurrent metastatic disease in the United States for 2018a

Cancer type Number in US population in 2018 Number of cancer deaths
Number of new metastatic cancer cases (incidence)
Number of individuals living with metastatic disease on January 1, 2018 (prevalence)
Observed Estimated De novo (observed) De novo and recurrence (estimated) De novo (observed) De novo and recurrence (estimated)
Lung and bronchus 326 687 501 142 211 142 069 95 723 148 533 121 943 174 090
Breast (female) 165 801 767 39 974 40 029 15 800 46 666 54 117 140 230
Colon and rectum 326 687 501 48 154 47 857 32 015 55 162 74 784 133 234
Prostate (male) 160 885 734 26 172 25 881 18 469 40 388 54 207 120 368
Melanoma 326 687 501 7693 7586 3928 9468 11 979 39 716
Bladder 326 687 501 14 193 14 140 4070 15 874 4446 15 767
a

Estimates are presented for males and females together (all ages) unless otherwise specified.