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Lung cancer is the most common (more than 5,300 cases), although breast (about 5,100) is the most common in females and, in males, it is prostate cancer (about 4,200). Bowel (colorectal) cancer is the fourth most common cancer (about 4,100). These four major cancers account for 60% of all cancers diagnosed in Scotland.
