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Letter
The Probability of a Japanese Person Developing Cancer During Their Lifetime
In the recent vital statistics of Japan (1996), it was reported that cancer deaths accounted for 33.7% in males, 26.1% in females and 30.3% in both genders in all causes of death (1). In these figures, percentages of patients with a cured cancer who died from other causes were not included. The probability of suffering from cancer in the whole lifespan of a Japanese