THROWN AWAY. NEW ON SEVEN CANCER DEATH RATES ARE ON THE DECLINE. A NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT DEATHS BY CANCER DROPPED 1.5% PER YEAR FROM 2018 TO 2022. THE REPORT SUGGESTS THE DECLINE IS DUE TO BETTER ...

The rate of people dying from cancer in the United States continued to decline for the 26th year in a row, according to a new American Cancer Society report. From 2016 to 2017, the United States saw ...

Since the first Breast Cancer Awareness Month initiatives kicked off 40 years ago, major improvements have been made in treating the disease. While the rates of women diagnosed with breast cancer have ...

ATLANTA, Georgia — New research from the American Cancer Society (ACS) reveals stark and persistent inequalities in cancer mortality across the U.S., with rural residents, lower-income communities and ...

Prostate cancer incidence is increasing, especially in advanced stages, reversing previous declines and slowing mortality rate improvements. Racial disparities persist, with Black and Native American ...

In 2023, more than 9,000 people in Louisiana died from cancer, at a rate of 165.1 cancer-related deaths per 100,000 people. That's higher than the U.S. cancer death rate at 145.4 cancer-related deaths ...

Harvard Medical School investigators have discovered that U.S. surgeons have a cancer mortality rate more than two times that of nonsurgeon physicians and around 20% higher than most non-physician ...

New data is underscoring the increased risk of a career in firefighting. A study led by the American Cancer Society compared death rates for more than 470,000 male firefighters nationwide and males in ...

According to a recent study based on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) data, France ranked among the 10 countries with the highest cancer incidence in 2023 but ...

People living in the United Kingdom's most deprived areas have nearly 60% higher cancer death rates than those in wealthier regions, according to a report from Cancer Research UK (CRUK). The study, ...

Ali Mokdad stands in the heart of Beirut. Cars and trucks and motorcycles rumble everywhere. "If you look at a car passing by, you see smoke coming out of it — that's illegal in Lebanon. But nobody ...