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Is breast cancer the most common cancer in women?

if not, where does it rank in how common it is.

It is the most common. All women have a 1 in 8 lifetime risk for it.

Yes, it is.

There is a whole page about Cancer here:
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/commo...

Here is a bit of info about breast cancer, too:
http://www.breastcancer.org/

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