USMLE/COMLEX "Most Common Cancer" questions

[Kerosene Hat]

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I was just doing COMBANK questions for Level 1 and I got one about prostate cancer wrong - the correct answer was along the lines of "prostate cancer is the most common cancer among males". However, I chose something else because skin cancer technically is the most common cancer. If you look at First Aid, it'll tell you that skin cancer is the most common cancer in general but then lists prostate and breast as the #1 for each sex. Is it safe to consider prostate/breast "#1" on the COMLEX? On the USMLE?

Thanks for your help!

 

[CoomassieBlue57]

These questions are a ploy on words, especially for COMCRAP. Cancer vs. tumor, benign vs. malignant, invasive vs. non-invasive, metastatic vs. non-metastatic, male vs. female.