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Declines In U.S. Cancer Incidence And Death Rates According to Annual Report

Published November 27, 2008, 10:39 am, Science Daily

A new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations shows that, for the first time, both incidence and death rates for all cancers combined are decreasing, driven largely by declines in some of the most common types of cancer. The report notes that, although the decreases in overall cancer incidence and death rates are encouraging, large state and regional differences in lung cancer ...

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