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More than a quarter of a million people develop cancer every year in the UK.
Read the rest of our guide to the most common types of the disease.
LEUKAEMIA HOW MANY? 6,000. SURVIVAL RATE: 33%. WHO? Most common childhood cancer, but affects far more adults. Half of all cases aged over 60. Risk factors: family history; exposure to chemicals such asbenzene; possibly exposure to electromagnetic fields and radiation. TREATMENT: Steroids and chemotherapy with the drug chlorambucil. Bone marrow and stem cell transplants. High-dose radiotherapy, chemotherapy.
KIDNEY HOW MANY? 6,000. SURVIVAL RATE: 40%. WHO? Twice as many men as women, mostly aged 40 to 80. Risk factors: Obesity; smoking; well-cooked meat; exposure to certain chemicals; sometimes hereditary. TREATMENT: Surgery. If not possible, 'arterial embolisation' - cutting off blood supply to tumour. Advanced cases treated with radiotherapy, chemotherapy and 'biological therapy' - treatment with a substance made naturally by the body, such as interferon alpha.
MELANOMA (skin) HOW MANY? 5,000. SURVIVAL RATE: 80%. WHO? More women than men. Risk factors: ultra-violet light (sun or sunbeds); family history; moles; fair skin and blue eyes; burning easily; perhaps the Pill. TREATMENT: Removal of affected mole. Advanced: chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy. Drugs that stimulate body to react biologically.
WOMB HOW MANY? 4,800. SURVIVAL RATE: 75%. WHO? Most common in women aged 50 to 70. Risk factors: overweight; high-fat diet; not having children. TREATMENT: Slow-growing so often caught early. Surgery - hysterectomy - sometimes plus radiotherapy. Hormone therapy used to slow cancer growth.
BRAIN HOW MANY? 4,000. SURVIVAL RATE: 25%. WHO? More common childhood cancer in under-12s; also over-40s. More men than women. Risk factors: impaired immune system; exposure of head to radiotherapy; contact with certain chemicals. TREATMENT: Steroids to relieve swelling plus surgery. Chemotherapy.
MOUTH & LIPS HOW MANY? About 4,000. SURVIVAL RATE: Three in five. Lip cancer is easier to treat than other parts of the mouth. WHO? Smokers and drinkers. TREATMENT: Surgery and radiotherapy.
CERVICAL HOW MANY? 3,200. SURVIVAL RATE: About 65 per cent. WHO? Risk factors include infection with genital warts, smoking, poor diet. TREATMENT: It is important for women to have cervical smears to catch pre-cancerous cells as early as possible. Early cervical cancer can be cured with either surgery or radiotherapy. In advanced cancer, chemotherapy may increase survival rates.
MULTIPLE MYLOMA HOW MANY? 3,200. SURVIVAL RATE: About one in four. WHO? Myeloma is a cancer that develops in plasma cells in bone marrow. As it is often found in more than one place - perhaps pelvis, spine and ribcage - it is called multiple myeloma. Risk increases with age. Twice as common in black people as white.
TREATMENT: Chemotherapy. Stem cell or bone marrow transplants may be tried.
TESTICULAR HOW MANY? 1,600. SURVIVAL RATE: More than 90% cured. WHO? It is the most common cancer among young men. It particularly affects the 15-49 age group. Risk factors include family history and being an affluent white Caucasian. Having an undescended testicle can increase the risk tenfold. TREATMENT: Removal of the affected testicle by surgery is the best treatment. This may be accompanied by radiotherapy or chemotherapy. So long as only one testicle is affected, the man should still be fertile.
LIVER HOW MANY? 1,500. SURVIVAL RATE: Very poor, perhaps one in 50. WHO? Liver cancer should not be confused with secondary liver cancer, where it has spread from other parts of the body. Risk factors include alcohol abuse, hepatitis, cirrhosis, use of anabolic steroids, certain chemicals and, possibly, smoking. TREATMENT: Surgery is the main treatment when the cancer is confined to one part of the liver. Chemotherapy can help control the growth of the cancer if surgery is not possible. Radiotherapy may relieve symptoms.
