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Article: Cancer incidence, mortality drop in U.S.: report
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- November 25, 2008
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Cancer incidence, mortality drop in U.S.: report WASHINGTON,
Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The overall incidence of cancer and death due to
cancer dropped for the first time in men and women in the United
States, according to a report published in the Nov. 25 on-line issue
of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
The overall decline in incidence and mortality is due largely to
decreases in the three most common cancers in men (prostate, lung,
and colorectal) and in two of the three most common in women (breast
and colorectal cancer), said the report.
Each year, several authoritative cancer agencies in U.S. provide
a report on current cancer trends of the nation. Because smoking
accounts for ...