Cancer Incidence and Death Rates Declining
The 2009 Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2006 has been released. The American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) collaborate annually to provide updated information regarding cancer occurrence and trends in the United States.Highlights from this years report are:
1) overall cancer rates continue to be higher for men than for women.
2) men experienced the greatest declines in incidence (new cases) and mortality (death) rates.
3) For colorectal cancer [the third most frequently diagnosed cancer in both men and women, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States] overall rates are declining but with increasing incidence in men and women under 50 years of age.
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Labels: cancer, colorectal cancer, epidemiology, incidence, mortality, National Program of Cancer Registries, North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, statistics, surveillance
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