What are the most common cancers in the U.S.?
While cancers can develop in many different sites, ACS states that the most common site of cancer for men is the prostate while that women is the breast. The second common sites are lung and bronchus for both genders. The third common sites are colon and rectum for both genders. What are the most common cancers for Japanese Americans? According to a study which compared incidence, mortality, and risk factors for cancer among Asian Americans in California (Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese), stomach, colon, and cervix cancers are more prevalent among Asian Americans than in the White population in the U.S. (1). The same study found that Japanese Americans had the highest number of cases and death rates from colo-rectal cancer for both men and women. Japanese American women had the highest prevalence of breast cancer while Japanese American men had the highest prevalence of prostate cancer in California (1). Interestingly, one study revealed that Japanese American Women
