Medscape January 17, 2025
Cancer deaths have declined by more than a third since the 1990s, but the incidence of many cancer types in women and younger adults is increasing. This is among the bad news published in the American Cancer Society (ACS)’s newest annual report on cancer trends.
The ACS also noted that “alarming disparities” in Native American and Black populations persist in the 2025 report.
“These data tell us that we’ve made great progress against cancer, but there is more work to do,” lead report author Rebecca Siegel, MPH, a researcher with ACS, told Medscape Medical News.
An overall decline in cancer mortality of 34% since 1991 was “good news,” Siegel said, translating into 4.5 million fewer cancer deaths. “However,” she said,...
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