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In general, do most people get cancer during their lifetime?
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Depends: If you include skin cancers like basal cell carcinoma it is likely that a lot of people, may be even majority get some cancer. However only about a quarter of the deaths are due to cancer, Heart disease kills more people than any other single disease.
Answered 11/18/2014
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