Table 1

The number and the distribution of the 10 most frequent cancers diagnosed in Denmark and the cancer distribution by type in the study

Cancers in DK (N = 33501 in 2003)*

Cancers in this study (N = 2212)

1. Breast cancer (4027 - 12.0%)

1. Lung cancer (328 - 14.8%)

2. Colorectal cancer (3576 - 10.7%)

2. Breast cancer (311 - 14.1%)

3. Lung cancer (3500 - 10.4%)

3. Colorectal cancer (291 - 13.2%)

4. Prostate cancer (2378 - 7.1%)

4. Prostate cancer (214 - 9.7%)

5. Bladder cancer (1710 - 5.1%)

5. Melanoma (131 - 5.9%)

6. Melanoma (1222 - 3.6%)

6. Bladder cancer (80 - 3.6%)

7. CNS cancer (898 - 2.7%)

7. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (65 - 2.9%)

8. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (828 - 2.5%)

8. Pancreas cancer (63 - 2.8%)

9. Pancreas cancer (700 - 2.1%)

9. Ovarian cancer (59 - 2.7%)

10. Leukaemia (694 - 2.1%)

10. Corpus uteri cancer (47 - 2.1%)

* Including cancers in patients younger than 18 years

Hansen et al. BMC Health Services Research 2011 11:284   doi:10.1186/1472-6963-11-284