Which are the most common cancers?

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology
Article Date: 26 Jul 2004 - 0:00 PDT

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In the UK the most common cancers are:

-- lung

-- breast

-- bowel (colorectal)

-- prostate

-- skin

-- bladder

-- stomach

-- ovary

-- cervix

Within certain age groups, some cancers are more common than others.

For example testicular cancer is not very common - but in men aged 20-40 it is the most common cancer.

Cancer in children is rare� it affects only 1 in 600 children under the age of 15. Children tend to get different types of cancer - the most common children's cancers are leukaemia and brain tumours.

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