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Which cancer kills the most women?

1. Breast cancer
2. Ovarian cancer
3. Lung cancer
4. Endometrial cancer
5. Colon cancer

You are correct if you answered: Lung cancer

Breast cancer gets all the attention, but lung cancer kills 68 percent more women (67,000 a year versus 40,000). The primary cause of the disease, of course, is smoking. Although it has declined in both sexes, about 20 percent of women still light up. "Most smokers have tried to quit and failed," says medical oncologist Worta McCaskill-Stevens, M.D., program director in the division of cancer prevention at the NIH's National Cancer Institute (NCI). "But past failures don't mean you can't do it -- you may not have tried the right method for you. Talk with your doctor." There are more ways to help people quit smoking than ever, including gums, patches and inhalers.

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