However, the report also indicates certain cancers are increasing with a slight rise in the number of women with lung cancer and an escalation of prostate cancer cases among men.

A special section of the report says Hispanics in the United States are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to develop cancer overall, but are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced cancers.

The researchers, from the University of California-Davis Cancer Center, also say Hispanic children have higher rates of leukemia and certain other childhood cancers, and cancers with infectious origins — including cervical, stomach and liver cancers — occur at higher rates in Hispanics than in non-Hispanic whites.

The report will be published in the Oct. 15 issue of the journal Cancer.

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