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Prostate, breast cancers most common in state

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 11:26 p.m.
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MADISON (AP) — Prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women were the most common cancers between 2002 and 2006 in Wisconsin.

A new report by the state Department of Health Services shows that over that five-year period an average of about 27,300 cancers were diagnosed among Wisconsin residents annually, killing about 10,800 a year.

Cancer is second only to heart disease as the leading killer in Wisconsin. According to the report, lung and bronchial cancer was the most common killer of both men and women.




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sb703
Nov 16, 2009 at 9:03 a.m.
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It seems to me the more logical approach may be early detection and screening.

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/conten...

thekid3477
Nov 16, 2009 at 8:19 a.m.
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a compound in marijuana may stop breast cancer from spreading...but why would we wanna do more testing?? lets keep it illegal and judge those who use it....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3121...

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