Saturday, November 10, 2012

Wisconsin cancer cases, deaths decline - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The estimated number of new cancer except for lung cancedand melanoma, are also predicted to be down this year in The society projects there will be more than 27,000 new casews of cancer in Wisconsin in 2009 and about 11,00p deaths. The American Cancer Society’s newly released annualk cancerstatistics report, "Cancer Statistics 2009," finds that for the firs time since these data have been overall cancer incidence rates are now decreasing in the U.S. in both men and The report also states declinezsin U.S. cancer death rates equat e to about 650,000 deaths from canced avoided or delayed betweebn 1990and 2005.
The decreases are direct results of improvements inpublic health, like reductions in smoking, earlietr detection of cancers, and better treatments, accordinf to the society. “Because the death rate continueswto drop, it means that about 100,000 Americans each year who woulfd have died from cancer are living to celebrate anothet birthday,” John Seffrin, American Cancer Society chied executive officer, said in a The full Cancer Statistics report can be viewede at .

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