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U.S. cancer death rate hits milestone – but it's not all good news

New York — The U.S. cancer death rate has hit a ... He pointed out that the number of new cancer diagnoses are holding steady in women and are expected to decline only slightly in men, even as death r... read more

U.S. Cancer Deaths Continue to Decline

In real numbers, that's almost 2.6 million fewer cancer deaths, according to the American Cancer Society. "The decline in deaths is largely driven by reductions in smoking and improved treatment, as w... read more

Good news for a new year: Cancer deaths decline in the U.S.

A report released recently by the American Cancer Society tells us that cancer deaths in the U.S. have declined 27 percent over the ... Another factor in the steady, 1.5 percent per year drop in the c... read more

US cancer death rate has declined for at least 25 years

The steady decline in smoking rates and better screenings and treatment helped drive the drop in cancer deaths ... 35 million adult smokers in the U.S., Bricker added. “So the fight to control tobacco ... read more

New U.S. cancer cases holding steady, deaths declining

The number of new cancer diagnoses in the U.S. is largely steady while the number of cancer deaths continues to decline, according to a new report from the nation's leading cancer advocacy group. This ... read more

Cancer death rate continues steady drop

Steady reductions in smoking combined with advances in cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment have resulted in a 23% drop in the cancer death rate since its peak ... new cancer cases and de... read more

Black-White Gap in Cancer Death Rates Narrows

Yet there's a dark cloud around the silver lining: ACS data shows blacks still have the highest death rate and lowest survival rate of any U.S. racial ... To continue the decline, he said, "we need to ... read more

Cancer death rate down but 565,650 seen in 2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. death rate from cancer has continued a steady decline that began in the early 1990s but ... declines should not obscure the fact that cancer death rates continue to dro... read more

U.S. Cancer Deaths Continue to Decline

"This is really hopeful that we are seeing a decrease in death rates from cancer in the United States." This decline in deaths is due to basic measures ... A study released last month by the U.S. Cent... read more

U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline: Report

MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer death rates continue to decline in ... represent over two-thirds of the decline," said study author Brenda Edwards, a senior advisor for cancer surveil... read more

Report: U.S. cancer cases, deaths continue to decline

according to an annual report in the journal Cancer. Mortality rates declined between 2001 and 2006, according to the report. The decline was bigger among men, at 2 percent per year. For women, it was ... read more