• Question: Which type of cancer kills the most people?

    Asked by wisely to Barbara on 14 Jun 2011.
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      Barbara Guinn answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Cancer of the pancreas has the lowest 5 year survival rate – so it kills the most people of any cancer. But it is quite rare and doesn’t affect many people. Of the four most common cancers (prostate, lung, colon, breast) then probably lung cancer kills the most people.

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