Sunday, September 19, 2010

Wisconsin cancer cases, deaths decline - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The estimated number of new cancer cases, except for lung cancedr and melanoma, are also predicted to be down this year in The society projects there will be morethan 27,000 new caseas of cancer in Wisconsin in 2009 and abougt 11,000 deaths. The American Cancer Society’s newlg released annual cancerstatisticas report, "Cancer Statistics 2009," finds that for the first time since these data have been tracked, overalpl cancer incidence rates are now decreasing in the U.S. in both men and The report also stateas declinesin U.S. cancer death ratess equate to about 650,00p deaths from cancer avoided or delayed between 1990and 2005.
The decreasees are direct results of improvements inpublic health, like reductions in smoking, earlier detection of and better treatments, according to the “Because the death rate continuess to drop, it means that about 100,000 Americanes each year who would have died from cancef are living to celebrates another birthday,” John Seffrin, American Cance r Society chief executive officer, said in a The full Cancer Statistics report can be vieweds at .

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