According to a report from the American Cancer Society (ACS) published online July 7 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, cancer mortality rates continued a 20 year decline. The overall death rate from cancer in the US in 2007 was 178.4 per 100,000, a relative decrease of 1.3% from 2006, when the rate was 180.7 per 100,000. Another interesting highlight from the report was that lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer death in women in 1987 and is expected to account for 26% of all female cancer deaths in 2010.
"This report is yet more proof we are creating a world with more birthdays," said John R. Seffrin, PhD., chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN).
Diacor News and Opinion
Diacor looks at exciting news and developments in the radiation therapy field.
Recent Posts
- New Discovery In How Cancer Cells Intake Nutrients Points to New Cancer Drugs
- Diacor Features Zephyr HDR and Zephyr XL on YouTube Channel
- Diacor Will Attend This Year's ABS Meeting and ESTRO Forum
- Diacor Launches YouTube Channel
- Quitting Smoking By Age Forty Can Greatly Increase Life Expectancy
- Cancer Research UK Predicts 50 Percent of Men Will Develop Cancer
- Diacor Survives Hurricane Sandy at ASTRO
- Diacor Will Attend ASTRO 2012
- October Marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Consumption of Milk Said to Protect From Colon Cancer Progression
Tags
Breast Lumpectomy American Cancer Society US Area CT Imaging Latin / South America Area Asia / Pacific Area Radiation Therapy U.S. Cancer Statistics Fixed Lasers Middle East/Africa Region Medical Devices American Institute of Cancer Research Head and Neck Immobilization Diacor news ESTRO Education Breast Cancer Awareness Month Patient Transfer Zephyr Patient Transport System Mammograms Radiation Oncology ASTRO Breast and Thorax Immobilization Medical Insurance HDR Brachytherapy DEGRO Prostate Cancer patient alignment lasers Palliative Radiotherapy Distributors ASCO Europe Breast Boards Hurricane Sandy moving lasers Integra Sports Medicine/Fitness AAPM Cancer News Brachytherapy Table Conferences Breast Cancer
- AAPM (2)
- American Cancer Society (4)
- American Institute of Cancer Research (1)
- ASCO (3)
- Asia / Pacific Area (12)
- ASTRO (11)
- Brachytherapy Table (13)
- Breast and Thorax Immobilization (8)
- Breast Boards (8)
- Breast Cancer (20)
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month (7)
- Breast Lumpectomy (2)
- Cancer News (27)
- Conferences (22)
- CT Imaging (1)
- DEGRO (4)
- Diacor news (36)
- Distributors (21)
- Education (3)
- ESTRO (7)
- Europe (19)
- Fixed Lasers (8)
- HDR Brachytherapy (12)
- Head and Neck Immobilization (2)
- Hurricane Sandy (1)
- Integra (2)
- Latin / South America Area (5)
- Mammograms (2)
- Medical Devices (1)
- Medical Insurance (1)
- Middle East/Africa Region (4)
- moving lasers (8)
- Palliative Radiotherapy (1)
- patient alignment lasers (9)
- Patient Transfer (19)
- Prostate Cancer (7)
- Radiation Oncology (2)
- Radiation Therapy (7)
- Sports Medicine/Fitness (1)
- U.S. Cancer Statistics (5)
- US Area (22)
- Zephyr Patient Transport System (24)
Comments
Post has no comments.