Breast cancer had the highest rate of new cancer cases among females worldwide in 2020, followed by colorectum cancer and lung cancer. That year there were approximately 59 new cases of breast cancer per 100,000 females.
Rate of new cancer cases among females worldwide in 2020, by type of cancer
(per 100,000 population)
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