Figure 3

Cancer care pathway – estimating the number of people in the United Kingdom, by cancer type, 2010. Data notes: for each cancer type, the size of the boxes reflects the approximate proportion of people in each phase. However, it should be noted that there is double counting for people who are diagnosed and die in the same year An approximation of this is presented in brackets within the end of life phase for each cancer, that is, for prostate cancer of the total of 11 000 men classified as end of life, around 2000 men die within the first year of diagnosis (2000, year 1). Percentages presented in the text exclude those who die in the first year, in the denominator. Female breast cancer (ICD-10 C50), prostate cancer (ICD-10 C61), colorectal cancer, which includes colon, rectum and anus (ICD-10 C18-C21), and lung cancer, which includes lung, bronchus and trachea (ICD-10 C33-C34). Sources: estimated based on Maddams et al (2009, 2012); Office for National Statistics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2012. Cancer Survival Rates - Cancer Survival in England: Patients Diagnosed, 2006–2010 and Followed up to 2011; Cancer Research UK Cancer mortality – UK statistics (Nov 2010); Personal Communication for incidence trends from Office for National Statistics, Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit.