New cancer statistics show a rise in cancer deaths in 2005 and an overall drop in the cancer death rate since 1990.
In 2005, a total of 559,312 people in the U.S died of cancer. That's 5,424 more people than in 2004, according to the American Cancer Society.
But the American Cancer Society also notes that the big picture shows that the cancer death rate declined by about 18% for men and 10% for women between the early 1990s and 2004.
"The increase in the number of cancer deaths in 2005 after two years of historic declines should not obscure the fact that cancer death rates continue to drop, reflecting the enormous progress that has been made against cancer during the past 15 years," John R. Seffrin, PhD, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society, says in a news release.
Seffrin notes that although the decline in the cancer death rate slowed in 2005, "the fact remains that cancer mortality rates continue to drop, and they're doing so at a rate fast enough that over half a million deaths from cancer were averted between 1990/1991 and 2004."
In 2005, a total of 559,312 people in the U.S died of cancer. That's 5,424 more people than in 2004, according to the American Cancer Society.
But the American Cancer Society also notes that the big picture shows that the cancer death rate declined by about 18% for men and 10% for women between the early 1990s and 2004.
"The increase in the number of cancer deaths in 2005 after two years of historic declines should not obscure the fact that cancer death rates continue to drop, reflecting the enormous progress that has been made against cancer during the past 15 years," John R. Seffrin, PhD, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society, says in a news release.
Seffrin notes that although the decline in the cancer death rate slowed in 2005, "the fact remains that cancer mortality rates continue to drop, and they're doing so at a rate fast enough that over half a million deaths from cancer were averted between 1990/1991 and 2004."
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