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- Cancers of the Lung, Prostate and Stomach are the most commonly diagnosed cancers in men
- Cancers of the Breast, Cervix and Colon are the most commonly diagnosed cancers in women
- Relative risk of developing breast cancer is doubled if there is a history of a first degree relative having the cancer.
- Pap smear for cervical cancer is the single best cancer screening procedure
- Lifetime risk of an American man developing an invasive cancer is 45%
- Relative risk of a smoker developing lung cancer is
- 23 times higher than that of a non-smoker.
- Tobacco use is the major preventable cause of cancer in the world.
- In developing countries more deaths occur due to diarrhoeal disease than due to cancer.
