In terms of Health and Wellness Issue, these are the list of most common forms of cancer in 2008 according of American Cancer Society.

  • 1. Nonmelanoma skin cancer: more than 1 million estimated new cases
  • 2. Lung cancer: over 215,000 new cases
  • 3. Prostate cancer: over 186,000 new cases
  • 4. Breast cancer (female): over 182,000 new cases
  • 5. Colon and rectal cancers: nearly 149,000 new cases
  • 6. Bladder cancer: nearly 69,000 new cases
  • 7. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: over 66,000 new cases
  • 8. Melanoma: over 62,000 new cases
  • 9. Kidney (Renal Cell) cancer: over 46,000 new cases
  • 10. Leukemia: over 44,000 new cases
  • 11. Endometrial cancer: over 40,000 new cases
  • 12. Pancreatic cancer: over 37,600 new cases
  • 13. Thyroid cancer: over 37,000 new cases

Anyway, to avoid there is also a keys to prevention which could reduce risk from these variety of cancers as many of these are only just influenced by lifestyles.