Annual Cancer Study Released
June 12, 2001
While the total number of cancer deaths declined during the 1990's, diagnoses of certain types of cancer increased according to a yearly cancer report funded by the Federal government. According to researchers, the number of women diagnosed with breast cancer increased. However, this increase may be attributable to education and earlier detection of the disease.
Breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and colorectal cancer, cause the majority of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Other than breast cancer diagnoses, the diagnosis rates of the other three major cancers declined. Deaths from these cancers also decreased with the exception of the alarming rate of women dying from lung cancer.
The study revealed that some cancers are increasingly rare, including cancer of the bile duct, the liver, the thyroid gland, and small intestine. These cancers only account for 13% of cancer diagnoses and deaths in the United States. The researchers cautioned that while cancers of the liver are rare, they may be on the increase because of the surge of Hepatitis B and C infections.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
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