Epidemiology

U.S. Mortality Rate Trends For Four Major Cancers Reported

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 17th, 2002

Death rates from cancers of the lung, colon and rectum, and breast decreased during the 1990s, due in part to lower prevalence of smoking, early detection, and more effective treatments, according to a National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion report.

The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Death rates from prostate cancer are also decreasing but the reasons for this are not clear, the report notes.

Success in reducing cancer death rates, however, has not been shared equally by all racial and ethnic groups and...

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