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Overall cancer mortality in the United States has continued to decline, with more than 4 million cancer deaths averted since 1991, according to the 2024 American Cancer Society (ACS) annual report ...
While mortality rates overall are on the decline, endometrial cancer deaths saw a slight 2% increase. Black women are at a specific risk (9.1 per 100,000) for endometrial cancer deaths compared to ...
Cancer mortality in the U.S. is projected to decline again in 2024, but the number of new diagnoses should top 2 million for the first time, an annual report from the American Cancer Society ...
The decline in cancer mortality for men in the past 30 years is almost entirely for a handful of cancers—lung, prostate, colon, and rectal. Little progress has been made on other lethal cancers.
The decline in cancer mortality over the past three decades has resulted in an estimated 4.5 million fewer deaths. And is fueled in large part by drops in the mortality rates of lung, ...
Death rates on decline The report estimates 611,720 people will die from cancer in 2024. More than 4.1 million cancer deaths were avoided in the U.S. between 1991 and 2021, representing a 33% ...
Scientific advances helped avert 4.1 million deaths from cancer in the 30 years between 1991 and 2021 according to a new report, but the disease continues to be a public health challenge. The ...
A report shows a steady decline in cancer-related deaths in the U.S. over the past 20 years, but an increase in diagnoses among women, especially those in racial minority and ethic groups.
For U.S. women overall, breast cancer death rates have fallen markedly from 1990 to 2022, plummeting by 43.5 percent over that period. The years between 2010 and 2022 saw the lowest rate of ...
From 2010 to 2020, breast cancer deaths among women ages 20-49 declined significantly across all breast cancer subtypes and racial/ethnic groups, with marked declines starting after 2016 ...
Despite a continuous decline in the rate of breast cancer deaths in the United States, the incidence of the disease has increased, especially among younger ages, and significant racial disparities ...
Cervical cancer mortality gradually fell by 3.7% per year from 1992-1994 to 2013-2015 (95% CI, 4.8 to 2.1), a decline researchers attributed to improved screening coverage and approaches.