Cancer mortality continues steady decline, driven by progress against lung cancer

(American Cancer Society) The cancer death rate declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017, including a 2.2% drop from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop in cancer mortality ever reported. The news comes from Cancer Statistics, 2020, the latest edition of the American Cancer Society's annual report on cancer rates and trends.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news