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Low Death Rates for Cancer in US
Annual report released on Tuesday, by American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, and other groups says that, there is a decline in death rates and cancer incidence for the people of US for the fist time ever.
The Annual Report says that, decline in death rates and cancer incidence is due to the real progress made in early detection, prevention and treatments. But still the report indicates that of particular concern, lung cancer incidence, death rates, for the people increased in 18 states, but fell only one in California. And there are wide variations at the state and regional levels.
Lung Cancer is due to Tobacco Use and it should be Controlled Overall cancer incidence fell by 0.8 percent per year. It is observed that men and women per year, reductions are 1.8 percent and 0.6 percent respectively. Dr. Julie Gerberding says that “Unfortunately, tobacco use continues to plague our country, and it’s the primary reason why lung cancer continues to rob too many people of a long, productive and healthy life.”