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Old 10-02-2015, 08:41 AM
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This misstates the frequency of the various cancers. Breast and prostate cancers are far more prevalent than pancreatic cancer. The considerable advancement in treatments of the more frequently diagnosed cancers has caused a significant reduction in the five year death rate.
Exactly. For many of the higher mortality cancers on this list, breast cancer has more deaths then the others even have diagnoses.