Becker's Healthcare September 18, 2024
Forty percent of all cancers are associated with modifiable risk factors, though there has been a 33% decline in the cancer death rate between 1991 and 2021, according to the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual Cancer Progress Report.
Here are 12 key takeaways from the report:
Diagnoses
- The report estimates 2,001,140 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2024.
- Colorectal cancer incidence increased by 1.9% per year between 2011 and 2019 for people younger than 50.
- Cervical cancer incidence increased by 2.5% per year between 2012 and 2019 among women ages 30 to 34.
Death rates on decline
- The report estimates 611,720 people will die from cancer in 2024.
- More than 4.1 million cancer...
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