From 2011 to 2015, patients with lung cancer had the highest cancer mortality rates, followed by patients with breast cancer and prostate cancer.

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From 2011 to 2015, patients with lung cancer had the highest mortality rates. On average, 53.8 men and 35.4 women per 100,000 died of the disease each year (Cancer 2018;124:2785–800). Notably, the largest decrease in mortality occurred in men with lung cancer. Patients with breast and prostate cancers had the next highest mortality rates.

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©2018 American Association for Cancer Research.
2018
American Association for Cancer Research.