More Queenslanders diagnosed with cancer than ever before
- The number of cancers diagnosed in the state have more than tripled since 1982
- One in two Queenslanders will be diagnosed with cancer before age 80
- One in seven will die from it
- Across all types of cancer, the average five-year survival rate is 69.9 per cent
- Prostate cancer was the most commonly diagnosed cancer in 2013 but has the second-highest survival rate of 93.2 per cent
- Lung cancer was the deadliest cancer in 2013, accounting for a fifth of 8651 cancer-related deaths, and has a 16 per cent survival rate
- Pancreatic cancer has the poorest survival rate of less than eight per cent
Source: Queensland Cancer Registry
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