How are cancer rates changing?

Consumers' Research Magazine;  April 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Are cancer rates decreasing, stable, or increasing? Scientists...scientists give great weight to the view that cancer rates are relatively stable or even declining...longer. In fact, in the United States cancer rates appear to be increasing for older persons...

Group to study Livingston cancer rates

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  December 11, 2004 ;     468 words ......the county has higher-than-normal cancer rates. The Livingston County Environmental...University of Illinois to examine cancer rates and possible environmental factors...There was a lot of comments on cancer rates in the county," association President...

Study: California ethnic groups seeing increased cancer rates.(Relevant...

Black Issues in Higher Education;  January 13, 2005 ;     504 words ......cancer and ethnicity hints that cancer rates among immigrant groups may be tied...marks the first statewide look at cancer rates among Vietnamese and South Asians...breathing the same air, and yet these cancer rates and trends are profoundly different...

AGING BABY BOOMERS TO BOOST CANCER RATES

United Press International;  May 14, 2002 ;     666 words ...00-00-0000 Aging baby boomers to boost cancer rates NEW YORK, May 14, 2002 (United...paints a bleak picture for U.S. cancer rates as 70 million baby boomers settle...bracket, as well as higher lung cancer rates among women 65 to 74 years old...

Study Finds States Miss Key Opportunities to Reduce Cancer Rates

U.S. Newswire;  September 24, 2003 ;     579 words ......missing key opportunities to reduce cancer rates. While most state health agencies...high-quality information about cancer rates, if states increased efforts to...track and use information about cancer rates. Twelve states received As, 15...

WOMEN'S CANCER RATES ON THE RISE; Increase in smoking to blame.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  June 12, 2004 ;     316 words ......are being diagnosed with cancer because of an increase in...published yesterday show cancer rates for women have risen by...news is that deaths from cancer have fallen by 12 per cent...in lung, breast and bowel cancers. Dr Lesley Walker, of Cancer Research UK, said: 'Overall, ...

Report Finds Cancer Rates Declining

AP Online;  May 15, 2000 ;     442 words ......05-15-2000 Report Finds Cancer Rates Declining WASHINGTON (AP...made in the war against cancer with fewer Americans getting...going down for prostate cancer. The rate of breast cancer changed little in the 1990s, but breast cancer death rates have declined...sharply since 1995. Lung ...

Area's Cancer Rates Analyzed Mountain View Residents Studied

Albuquerque Journal;  September 1, 2005 ;     611 words ......Mountain View is not unique in its cancer rates," Wiggins said Tuesday at a presentation on cancer rates in the mostly industrial area of...to be chosen for an analysis of cancer rates because of strong community interest...

Study: L.A. County Cancer Rates Down

AP Online;  August 22, 2003 ;     371 words ......There are also wide differences in cancer rates between ethnic groups that offer...during that time. Latinos have lower cancer rates than blacks, and whites and Asians have lower cancer rates than Latinos, the study found...

Cancer rates decline

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 26, 2008 ;     295 words ...Cancer rates decline -- Experts worry that...WASHINGTON The rate of new cancer cases finally may be inching...economic turmoil. Death rates from cancer have been dropping slowly for...treatments. But preventing cancer is the ultimate goal, and Tuesday...

WHO: CANCER RATES UP 50 PERCENT BY 2020

United Press International;  April 3, 2003 ;     630 words ......International via COMTEX) -- Global cancer rates could increase by 50 percent to 15...many as trend up to one-third of new cancers worldwide, the report said. In 2000...beneficial effects of physical activity on cancer, such as cancer of the breast. Certain...

Elementary officials ask state to probe school, area cancer rates ;...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  February 14, 2007 ;     548 words ......ask state to probe school, area cancer rates ; Educators at Portland's Lyseth...Deering have sought investigations of cancer rates. Assistant Superintendent Jeanne...building. Rather, theories about the cancer rates include the overuse of lawn pesticides...

Cancer Rates Drop for Second Straight Year; Robust Pipeline of New...

PR Newswire;  January 17, 2007 ;     455 words ......statement on the decline in cancer rates announced today by the American Cancer Society: The American Cancer...ciety's announcement today that cancer rates have dropped for the second...According to the American Cancer Society, prevention, early...

Cancer rates here double that of EU.(NEWS)

Evening Herald (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  February 8, 2007 ;     338 words ......the European average and other cancer rates here are double those of other...the European average. New breast cancer rates for Irish women were 40pc higher...co-ordin-ated the study has warned that as cancer rates increase urgent action on cancer...

STATE STUDY FINDS CANCER RATES IN MAYNARD AREA ARE AVERAGE

The Boston Globe;  February 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......study has determined that cancer rates are average in Maynard's...25 residents who believe cancer has struck their neighborhood...the higher rates of breast cancer in younger women, Jacques...according to the American Cancer Society. In 1975, the study...From 1982 to 1998, cervical ...