Breast cancer overtakes lung as most common cancer, says WHO

"Lung cancer was the most common type for the last two decades, but is now in second place, ahead of colorectal cancer, which is the third most widespread," said Andre Ilbawi, a cancer specialist at the WHO. He noted that obesity in women was a common risk factor in breast cancer, and is also driving overall cancer numbers.



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