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Cancer Mortality
Annual report from U.S. NCI finds cancer death rates are still on the decline
October 25th, 2005
The nation's leading cancer organizations report that Americans' risk of dying from cancer continues to decline and that the rate of new cancers is holding steady. The "Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2002," published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, shows observed cancer death rates from all cancers combined dropped 1.1% per year from 1993 to 2002. According to the report's authors, declines in death rates reflect progress in prevention, early detection, and treatment; however, not all segments of the U.S. population benefited equally from advances, a point outlined in a featured analysis of treatment trends. ...
Source: cancer weekly (2005-10-25)
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