MedPage Today January 16, 2025
— Greater burden of disease in younger folks and women, American Cancer Society projects
The American Cancer Society projected approximately 2 million new cancer diagnoses and 618,000 new cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2025, with a cancer burden increasingly borne by younger populations, particularly women.
While cancer continues to be a leading cause of death overall in the U.S., and the leading cause among persons under the age of 85, “there is really some good news here,” said William Dahut, MD, chief scientific officer of the American Cancer Society, during a press briefing. “There is a decrease in cancer mortality.”
Specifically, due to smoking reductions, earlier detection of some cancers, and improvements in treatment, there was a 34% drop...
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