The sooner an individual is successfully and correctly diagnosed with cancer, the sooner treatment can be begun, and the higher his chances of survival. A very large number of people die every year because of late diagnosis. Reports put this figure at 10,000 in Britain, a worryingly high figure.Cancer is usually suspected first based on manifested symptoms, the result of a physical examination, and sometimes the results of screening tests. Occasionally, x-rays obtained for other reasons such as an injury show abnormalities that may be cancer. Once suspected, other tests need to be carried out to confirm the presence of cancer. Diagnosis of cancer happens at this stage.

The high prevalence of the disease is reflected by the number of people diagnosed with cancer each year. Just in 2009, 1,479,350 new cases were expected to be diagnosed worldwide. This estimate does not include noninvasive cancer, and basal and squamous cell skin cancer.

The statistics below of the number of men and women diagnosed with different forms of cancer in 2008 give an approximation of the number of people diagnosed with cancer each year:

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