The data shows the estimated number of new cancer cases in Canada by cancer type and gender, as of 2017. It is estimated that there will be 1,650 new male cancer cases due to thyroid cancer. Cancer is one of the leading causes of premature death and almost half the individuals in Canada will develop this disease during their lifetime.
All cancers | 103100 | 103200 |
Lung and bronchus | 14400 | 14200 |
Colorectal | 14900 | 11900 |
Breast | 230 | 26300 |
Prostate | 21300 | |
Bladder | 6700 | 2200 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 4600 | 3700 |
Body of uterus and uterus NOS | 7300 | |
Melanoma | 4000 | 3300 |
Thyroid | 1650 | 5400 |
Kidney and renal pelvis | 4200 | 2400 |
Leukemia | 3600 | 2600 |
Pancreas | 2800 | 2700 |
Oral | 3200 | 1450 |
Stomach | 2200 | 1300 |
Brain/CNS | 1700 | 1300 |
Multiple myeloma | 1700 | 1200 |
Ovary | 2800 | |
Liver | 1900 | 580 |
Esophagus | 1800 | 530 |
Cervix | 1550 | |
Larynx | 970 | 180 |
Testis | 1100 | |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 570 | 430 |
All other cancers | 9600 | 9900 |