Edited by
M.A. Hayat

2010

General Overviews, Head and Neck Cancer
and Thyroid Cancer

There are more than 100 types of cancers affecting all parts of the human body.
More than 11 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year, and it is estimated that there will be 16 million new cases by the year 2020. In 2005, 7.6 million people died of cancer, that is, 13% of the 58 million deaths worldwide.