Global cancer death rates falling in US, report finds

Overall Cancer death rates continue to fall in the United States, a report from the National Cancer Institute found, with the most notable decreases found among lung cancer and melanoma. For other cancers, the news was not as promising, as the report found that previous downward trends in death rates for female prostate, colorectal and breast cancers had slowed or disappeared.

Still, the data reflected a decrease in death rates for 11 of the 19 most common cancers in men and for 14 of the 20 most common cancers in women between 2014 and 2018. people than whites, they had rates of higher mortality.

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“It is encouraging to see a continued decline in death rates for many common cancers,” said Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, director of the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. “To eliminate existing health disparities and give everyone the opportunity to be as healthy as possible, we must continue to find innovative ways to reach people across the continuum of cancer care – from screening and early detection to treating and supporting survivors. “

Experts involved in the report noted that the deceleration of previous downward trends in colorectal cancer and breast cancer in women is likely due to external risk factors, such as obesity.

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“I think we could get even more improvements if we tackle obesity, which as the potential to overtake smoking to become the main modifiable factor associated with cancer,” Norman E. Sharpless said in part, MD, director of the National Cancer Institute. .