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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent

Prostate cancer is most commonly diagnosed cancer across UK, study finds

Doctor discussing prostate ultrasound scan with a patient.
About one in eight men across the UK will be affected by prostate cancer in their lifetimes. Photograph: Phanie/Sipa Press/Alamy

Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer across the UK, surpassing breast cancer, according to a leading charity.

There were 64,425 diagnoses of prostate cancer in 2022, an analysis of NHS figures by Prostate Cancer UK found, and 61,640 new cases of breast cancer.

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