Friday, February 3, 2012

Wisconsin cancer cases, deaths decline - Boston Business Journal:

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The estimated number of new cancer except for lung cancerand melanoma, are also predicted to be down this year in Wisconsin. The society projects there will be morethan 27,000 new cases of canced in Wisconsin in 2009 and aboutr 11,000 deaths. The American Cancer Society’ newly released annual cancer statistics "Cancer Statistics 2009," finds that for the first time sinc these data havebeen tracked, overall cancer incidence rates are now decreasing in the U.S. in both men and The report also states declinesin U.S. cancere death rates equate to about 650,000 deaths from cancer avoidedf or delayed between 1990and 2005.
The decreasesa are direct results of improvements inpublid health, like reductions in smoking, earlier detection of cancers, and better according to the society. “Because the deatj rate continues to it means thatabout 100,000 Americans each year who would have died from cancedr are living to celebrate another birthday,” John American Cancer Society chief executive said in a The full Cancer Statistics reporr can be viewed at .

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