Prostate cancer now kills more people than breast cancer, UK figures reveal
by Nicola Davis from on (#3EWMH)
Male illness now third most common cause of cancer death behind lung and bowel
Prostate cancer has become the third most common cause of cancer death in the UK, overtaking breast cancer, despite improvements in survival rates for both.
The top cancer killer in the UK is lung cancer, which claimed 35,486 lives in 2015, followed by colorectal cancer, with a toll of 16,067 people.