We're #11

Nope, not one. 

Eleven. 

As in, colon cancer is the eleventh most deadly cancer when deadly is defined by the percentage of patients who will die within five years of diagnosis. 

Pancreatic is still number one (don't feel obligated to cheer). Intuitively, wouldn't you expect brain cancer to be the number one? I mean, my pancreas hasn't worked for thirty years so it's not like the organ itself is so crucial, but a brain, well, that's hard to live without. So why should cancer of the pancreas be number one and brain cancer number six? 

Go figure. 

Anyway, here's the rundown I found:

#1     Pancreatic cancer, 93%
#2     Liver cancer, 83.9%
#3     Lung cancer, 83.4%
#4     Esophageal cancer, 82.7%
#5     Stomach cancer, 72.3%
#6     Brain cancer, 66.5%
#7     Ovarian cancer, 55.8%
#8     Leukemia, 44.3%
#9     Laryngeal cancer, 39.4%
#10   Oral cancer, 37.8%
#11   Colon cancer, 35.1%
#12   Bone cancer, 33.6%
#13   Colorectal cancer, 33.5%
#14   Cervical cancer, 32.1%
#15   Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 30.7%
#16   Kidney cancer, 28.2%
#17   Bladder cancer, 22.1%
#18   Uterine cancer, 18.5%
#19   Breast cancer, 10.8%
#20   Skin cancer, 8.7%
#21   Thyroid cancer, 2.3%
#22   Prostate cancer, 0.8%