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Figure 1
Number of prevalent cases of ten leading cancers, by prevalence-duration, Canada, January 1, 2005

  Prevalence-duration
0 to 2 years More than 2, to 5 years More than 5, to 10 years
Number of prevalent cases
Breast  37391 49161 61990
Prostate 37583 48373 49109
Colorectal 29554 31146 32789
Lung and bronchus 17620 10022 9526
Bladder (including in situ) 10532 11355 13920
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 9253 9738 10628
Skin melanoma 7722 9737 12143
Corpus uteri 6894 8479 11094
Kidney and renal pelvis 6045 6793 7715
Thyroid 6001 7090 7438