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Cancer Epidemiology in Women!

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A 59-year-old woman complains of “feeling light-headed” and losing 5 kg (11 lb) in the last month. A CBC reveals a normocytic, normochromic anemia. The patient subsequently dies of metastatic cancer. Based on current epidemiologic data for cancer-associated mortality in women, which of the following is the most likely primary site for this patient’s malignant neoplasm?

(A) Brain
(B) Breast
(C) Colon
(D) Lung
(E) Urinary bladder
 
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