Data Show Decline in New Cancer Diagnoses, Deaths
On Monday, a coalition of cancer organizations including the National Cancer Institute released a report that found new diagnoses of all types of cancer declined by almost 1% annually from 1999 to 2006, and cancer deaths dropped by 1.6% annually from 2001 to 2006. The declines were driven by a decline in diagnoses of the three most common cancers in men -- colorectal, lung and prostate -- and two of the top three cancers in women -- breast and colorectal.
- "Cancer Rates Continue To Fall in the U.S." (Miller, Wall Street Journal, 12/8).