The Prevent Cancer Foundation Blog » Cancer Figures http://blog.preventcancer.org Information about Foundation events and interests. Fri, 17 May 2013 16:28:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Anticipated 2013 Cancer Figures http://blog.preventcancer.org/2013/anticipated-2013-cancer-figures/ http://blog.preventcancer.org/2013/anticipated-2013-cancer-figures/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:00:09 +0000 Ashley http://blog.preventcancer.org/?p=9492 The latest cancer figures compiled in the annual statistics report of the American Cancer Society show that more than 1.66 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2013, while more than 580,000 Americans are expected to die from the disease. Since 1991, the overall death rate for cancer in the U.S. has declined, primarily because of reductions in smoking and improved cancer screening. According to the report, about half of all new cancers found in men will involve the prostate, lungs, colon and rectum. Among women, the three most common types of cancer that will be diagnosed are breast, lung and colorectal. The report also highlights the major disparities in cancer rates among racial, education and income groups and calls for strategies to eliminate these differences.

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