Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Prostate cancer was the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England in 2018, marking the first time breast cancer has been overtaken, according to the latest cancer registration statistics released Monday by Public Health England.
In 2018, 316,680 newly diagnosed cases of all cancers were reported, including 49,029 cases prostate cancer, followed by 47,476 cases of breast cancer. The next most commonly diagnosed were lung and bowel cancers.