From 2016 to 2017, the United States saw its largest-ever single-year drop in overall cancer deaths, a 2.2% plunge spurred in part by a sharp decline in lung cancer deaths, according to the report, published Wednesday in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
Screening smokers may save lives 01:20The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends yearly lung cancer screening for current or former smokers with a smoking history of 30 or more pack-years, which is equivalent to, for example, smoking one pack a day for 30 years or two packs a day for 15 years. Those recommendations are for adults, ages 55 to 80, who either currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years.
"The bottom line is that this report is great news," Fuchs said."I don't want to overlook that fact, nor do I want to minimize that fact," he said."This report demonstrates extraordinary progress in our battle against cancer in terms of detection, improving treatment, improving mortality, improving screening technologies -- and given that tremendous success, I'm excited about the opportunity to work toward even more improvements.
Testing Nuclear Weapons probably didn't help back in the day.
Does this number reflect the children with life threatening cancer, Trump deported?
People can't afford to go to hospitals - they die of natural lack of medical support in the Land of the Free Sickness ...
Science is what can solve human problems.
More ppl going vegetarian!
It's the decline in smoking that is skewing the numbers. Deaths due to other cancers remain the same or increase. There is still so much work to do.
Awesome news, and long may it continue, I also beseech whosoever that's in charge of this cancer ♋ elimination in USA 🇺🇸 to extend to other countries of the world, mostly Nigeria 🇳🇬. God bless America 🇺🇸 God bless Nigeria 🇳🇬
Now give us the cure so it’s wiped from existence.
Solo se necesita fuerza de voluntad para dejar de fumar, quien quera hacerlo, puede hacerlo lejos de todos, para no contaminar a los demás.
Less weapons testing maybe the reason for decline.
Thanks global warming...
Thanks to realDonaldTrump
Smoking is the main risk of cancer. So stop smoking and live...
I am sure realDonaldTrump will try to take credit for that, too.
Thanks to vaping
That's because their getting shot and killed long before cancer can kick in.
Stop eating chemically preserved foods. Start eating fresh but cooked foods
is cnn setting us all up for yet another way to reverse blame Trump for this sliver of good news?
young thug is killing it
That is because no one can afford healthcare. Too high of deductibles for people to get testing completed.
Finally sum good news in the midst of this sub culture
Credit to this administration, realDonaldTrump is doing well with his great team. Trump2020.
advances in technology, medical advances, is this from a known alien take over of the planet? we didnt notice it happen like the movies said we would. just how powerful is a type 4 intelligence? suddenly i let go of all my worries and stress is running away from
U.S.A. should spread such New cancer treatment techniques unobtrusively on global scale!
Yes because they are dying from the sequela of the treatments. Remember there are three types of lies: Lies, big lies and statistics.
Thanks to American Biotech and Pharma companies research, if you get cancer you want to be living in America for a chance of survival.