Chief Healthcare Executive January 17, 2025
Ron Southwick

There are greater incidences of cancer among younger women, and Black and Native Americans have higher mortality rates, according to new figures from the American Cancer Society.

Fewer people are dying of cancer, but more women are being diagnosed with cancer, according to new figures released Thursday by the American Cancer Society.

The new data also show the continuation of the troubling trend in disparities in outcomes among different racial groups. Black Americans and Native Americans are more likely to die from some cancers than white Americans.

The American Cancer Society released the latest findings in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The analysis looks at cancer cases and mortality through 2022.

Over the past three decades, cancer mortality rates...

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