Chest health - Total Cancer Deaths Down In USA, First Time In 75 Years

Total Cancer Deaths Down In USA, First Time In 75 Years
Medical News Today - Feb 09 5:07 PM
For the first time since 1930, the total number of annual cancer deaths has dropped in the USA. In 2003, 556,902 people died of cancer in the USA, the total for 2002 was 557,271, according to figures published by the National Center for Health Statistics. The greatest contributor to the fall, say experts, is the drop in the number of people in the country who smoke... click link for more info.Save to My Web

Total cancer deaths down
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Feb 09 9:19 PM
Experts are attributing the success to declines in smoking and the earlier detection and more effective treatment of tumors.Save to My Web

U.S. hits milestone as number of cancer deaths falls
Seattle Times - Feb 09 12:17 AM
For the first time since the government began keeping national death statistics in 1930, the number of cancer deaths in the United States...Save to My Web

Winning the long war on cancer
New York Daily News - Feb 09 1:20 AM
America may have finally turned the tide in its long war on cancer.Save to My Web

Reducing Total Fat Intake May Have Small Effect on Risk of Breast Cancer
Kansas City InfoZine - Feb 09 2:57 AM
No Effect on risk of Colorectal Cancer, Heart Disease, or StrokeSave to My Web

U.S. Cancer Rates Decline
WBOC 16 - Feb 09 9:20 PM
SMYRNA- The war on cancer may have reached a dramatic turning point: For the first time in more than 70 years, annual cancer deaths in the United States have fallen. More than a half a million people died from cancer in 2003, but that number went down by about 370 people since the year before.Save to My Web