Cancer occurence by Occurence and Mortality
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| most common (by occurrence) |
most common (by mortality) |
most common (by occurrence) |
most common (by mortality |
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| prostate cance (33%) | lung cancer (31%) | breast cancer (32%) | lung cancer (27%) | |
| lung cancer (13%) | prostate cancer (10%) | lung cancer (12%) | breast cancer (15%) | |
| colorectal cancer (10%) | colorectal cancer (10%) | colorectal cancer (11%) | colorectal cancer (10%) | |
| bladder cancer (7%) | pancreatic cancer (5%) | endometrial cancer (6%) | ovarian cancer (6%) | |
| cutaneous melanoma (5%) | leukemia (4%) | non-Hodgkin lymphoma (4%) | pancreatic cancer (6%) | |
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