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Cancer sites

Cancer occurs in different organs of the body and can originate from different cell types. The following figure shows the frequency with which the various forms of cancer occur for men and women. More detailed information can be found on the pages for the different cancer sites.

Most frequent tumour sites as a percentage of all new cancer cases in Germany 2020 (not including non-melanoma skin cancer). Source: German Centre for Cancer Registry Data at the Robert Koch Institute Most frequent tumour sites as a percentage of all new cancer cases in Germany 2020 (not including non-melanoma skin cancer)

Date: 06.05.2024

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In an interactive database query you find information on current cancer statistics.