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Worldwide, an estimated number of 1,414,259 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in the year 2020 alone. Prostate cancer is the fourth most diagnosed cancer in the world. Men under 40 years are rarely diagnosed with prostate cancer, however, men above 65 years are at risk.

The WHO essential medicine list (EML) is a comprehensive, freely accessible, online database containing detailed medicine information with a comprehensive evaluation of effectiveness, safety, and implications for healthcare systems.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. It is the major cause of cancer-related deaths in most countries including the US. It is estimated that there is one breast cancer case detected every 14 seconds in the world.

Characterized by clonal proliferation of bone marrow cells, multiple myeloma can be treated effectively, if detected early.

Multiple myeloma is a relatively uncommon cancer; approximately 0.8% of men and women can develop this disease at some point in their time as per the data derived from 2017 to 2019.

Breast cancer has surpassed lung cancer, in terms of being the most diagnosed cancer. According to the World Health Organization report, 2.3 million women globally were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020 alone (1).

Breast and prostate cancers are among the most diagnosed cancers worldwide.

As per WHO reports, in 2020, there were approximately 2.3 million women diagnosed with breast cancer and 685,000 deaths globally.1 Numerous evidence-based studies have suggested that weight management and increased physical activity are important in breast ca