For men, the most common cancer is prostate cancer, with 137.7 cases per 100,000 people, and a predicted 239,000 new cases in 2013. In women, the most common cancer is breast cancer, with 123.1 cases per 100,000 Americans; it's expected that 232,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in American women in 2013.
By comparison, there are just 13.2 cases of thyroid cancer for every 100,000 of us (and 60,000 new cases expected in 2013, according to the National Cancer Institute).
As with most types of cancer, there are big differences among ethnicities: Black men are significantly more likely to develop prostate cancer, with 215 cases of the disease per 100,000 people. And for women of Asian or Pacific Islander background, their risk of breast cancer is considerably lower, at 85.9 cases per 100,000.
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