Community pharmacists have an important and integral role to play in the area of cancer.
Prevalence and incidence Cancers are among the most common causes of death in this country. Around a quarter of a million cases of cancer are diagnosed in the UK each year, with around 156,000 deaths. At current rates, about one in three of the population will get cancer and one in four of the population will die from it. Rates are slightly less for women than for men. Other parts of the body most frequently affected include stomach, oesophagus and pancreas.