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Thursday, January 17, 2013
NEW REPORT BY AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, CANCER DEATH RATES DROP 20%
Reported by CNN, interview with Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, a world-renowned cancer expert and a practicing oncologist. 'The death rate from cancer in the United States has dropped dramatically in the last two decades, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society.'
'American cancer death rates have risen consistently since the 1900s; they peaked in 1991 at 215.1 deaths per 100,000 in the population. The 2009 death rate, which just became available, is 173.1 per 100,000. That's a 20% decline in cancer death rates from 1991.'
Copy/Paste this link for the full web post: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/17/health/brawley-annual-cancer-report/index.html?hpt=hp_t3