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The American Cancer Society's latest estimates reveal that breast cancer remains the leading cancer for women, while prostate cancer is the most common diagnosis for men. Furthermore, men are more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer, but colorectal cancer has surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men under 50. Additionally, men are more frequently diagnosed with bladder cancer than women, despite cancer of the uterus being the eighth most common cancer for women.
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