top ten most common female cancers (cancer) in an adult woman
Last edited 05/2019 and last reviewed 09/2022
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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