top ten most common female cancers (cancer) in an adult woman

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in UK females, accounting for almost a third (31%) of all female cases (2015)

next most common cancers in UK females are lung cancer (12%) and bowel cancer (11%)
breast, lung and bowel cancers together account for over half (54%) of all new cases in females in the UK
two of the ten most common cancers in females are sex-specific (uterus and ovary), compared with just one of the ten most common in males (prostate)
breast, brain, other CNS and intracranial tumours and pancreatic cancer are among the ten most common cancers in females, but not in males

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Last edited 05/2019 and last reviewed 06/2019

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