Cancer Deaths Drop But Women and Young people...
By Sara Moniuszko CBS The American Cancer Society's latest cancer report shows both positive and concerning trends: overall cancer deaths are down but the number of women and young adults with cancer is up. The annual report, published Thursday in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, found the cancer mortality rate declined 34% from 1991 to 2022 in the United States. While overall cancer deaths are in decline, thanks to factors like earlier detection and better treatments, that's not true for all cancers. Death rates are increasing for certain types, including oral, pancreatic, uterine and liver cancers, the report found. Racial inequalities in cancer deaths also persist, the report highlighted. Rates in Native American people are double or triple the rates of White people for kidney, liver, stomach and cervical cancers. Black people are twice as likely to die of prostate, stomach and uterine cancers compared with White people and 50% more likely t...
