Recent Cancer Statistics

June 20, 2011

The American Cancer Society has issued its recent annual report regarding cancer death rates in the United States. It is projected for the year 2011 that there will be 1,596,670 new cases of cancers diagnosed with 571,950 cancer deaths. Improvements in cancer prevention, earlier detection, and bett[...]

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Cancer Death Rates Falling

May 10, 2011

According to a recent report, cancer death rates began to decline in the early 1990s and have continued to do so. Cancer death rates declined an average of 1.6% a year between 2003 and 2007, and the overall incidence rates of cancer have declined about 1%. However, death rates for cancer among men [...]

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