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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

Cancer Death Rates Continue Decline That Began in Early 1930s Says Cancer Society

Cancer Statistics 2011 shows among men the reduction in lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers is nearly 80% of decline; among women, almost 60% of decrease in breast and colorectal June 17, 2011 – A ... read more

Cancer death rates continue drop: report

Steady overall declines in cancer death rates have meant ... since the 1930s. The decline comes more than a decade after lung cancer rates in men started dropping and reflects differences in smoking t... 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

Accidental shooting deaths have been on steady decline in U.S. — but neither side of gun debate talks about it

That was down from 824 deaths ... the U.S. total was 1,871, nearly four times the total in recent years. Vernick said that a decline in the share of homes with guns probably plays a major role in the ... read more

42% Fewer U.S. Women Are Dying of Breast Cancer

... cancer death rates have declined from the 1980s to 2013. The report was presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium of the American Association for Cancer Research. In the U.S., for examp... read more

Cancer Statistics 2014: Death rates continue to drop

The annual cancer statistics report from the American Cancer Society finds steady declines in ... black men continue to have the highest cancer incidence and death rates among all ethnicities in the U ... read more

Correction: Cancer Death Rates Fall Further: Incidence Declines for Men and Remains Steady for Women

The reduction in prostate cancer diagnosis is largely the result new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services ... the ACS reports: The decline in cancer mortality over the past 2 decades is the re... 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

Good News on Cancer Death Rates, Especially for Black Men

The encouraging decline in deaths ... cancer than whites or Asian Americans, who have the lowest rates of the disease. What’s keeping rates so high among black men? They continue to have higher rates ... read more

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

and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. It was published Jan. 5 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The investigators found that the cancer death rate hit its peak in 1991, before begi... read more