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Article: U.S. Cancer Incidence: prostate cancer and breast cancer are most common.(EH Update)
- Article from:
- Journal of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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Released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Cancer Statistics: 2000 Incidence is the most comprehensive federal report available on state-specific cancer incidence rates. It includes data from 41 states, six metropolitan areas, and the District of Columbia, covering 84 percent of the U.S. population--up from the coverage rate of 78 percent in the 1999 report. The report shows that prostate cancer is the leading cancer overall in U.S. men and that breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in U.S. women.
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