Some people use statistics to try to figure out their chance of getting cancer or being cured of it. However, statistics only show what happens to large groups of people. Because no 2 people are alike, you cannot use statistics to predict what might happen to you.

These US statistics are from the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts & Figure 2006.

—      This year about 41,200 women will be told they have uterine cancer. Between 2% and 4%   of these cases will be uterine sarcoma. So it’s estimated that between 824 and 1,648 women will be told they have uterine sarcoma this year.

—      Uterine cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women. Breast, lung, and colon cancer are the 3 most common cancers in women.

—      About 7,350 women will die of cancer of the uterus this year.That figure is for all types of uterine cancer combined, not just uterine sarcoma.

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