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What are the odds that someone over 60 will get cancer? is it higher than younger people?
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Higher in older: Cancer is more common in older than in younger people and the incidence varies by gender. See this site for more detailed information. http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/incidence/age/.
Answered 3/28/2013
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