Some 100,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in the Netherlands each year, an increase of 36% on 10 years ago, according to the national cancer registration board. Breast, bowel, skin, lung and prostate cancer are the most common forms.

In particular, the number of people diagnosed with skin cancer has gone up sharply, the NKR said. In 2000, 6,500 were told they had skin cancer, but by 2010 the figure had gone up over 100% to 13,300.
There has also been an 81% rise in women developing lung cancer.
In total, some 3.5% of the current population have either had or are currently dealing with cancer – a total of 570,000 people.