JIM LEHRER: Now a closer look at the first decline of cancer deaths for Americans in 70 year. The latest numbers from 2003 were reported today by the American Cancer Society.

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 ...

Cancer deaths continue to decline, a new report says, resulting in over 4 million fewer deaths in the U.S. since 1991. But the progress on mortality is offset by the fact that most top cancers are ...

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 death rates in the United States have seen a steady 25-year decline, a new study finds. The study projects that 1,762,450 new cancer cases and 606,880 cancer deaths could occur this year.

Cancer mortality rates have been dropping for nearly two decades, aided by “major progress” in the early detection and treatment options for lung cancer, according to the American Cancer ...

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.

Most of that decline can be attributed to a drop in mortality among lung cancer patients.The American Cancer Society projects that there will be about 1.9 million new cancer diagnoses and more ...

Most of that decline can be attributed to a drop in mortality among lung cancer patients.The American Cancer Society projects that there will be about 1.9 million new cancer diagnoses and more ...

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 ...