Lifetime Risk
Cancer Statistics
The probability of developing cancer in the course of one's lifespan. Lifetime risk may also be discussed in terms of the probability of developing or of dying from cancer.
Based on cancer rates from 2001 to 2003, it was estimated that men had about a 45 percent chance of developing cancer in their lifetimes, while women had about a 38 percent chance.
- — Glossary of Statistical Terms retrieved 2014-06-06