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US Cancer Death Rates Drop for Second Year in a Row – Medscape
Mortality from cancer continues to decline in the US, driven largely by major reductions in death rates from non-small cell lung cancer in men and women.
For the second year in a row, mortality from cancer has fallen in the United States, driven largely by reductions in the incidence of, and death from, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in men and women, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.
The study was published online January 12 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
“Mortality rates are a better indicator of progress against cancer than incidence or survival because they are less affected by biases resulting from changes…
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