The age-adjusted cancer death rate has fallen since the 1990s, with the world winning the so-called "war on cancer." ...

The rising median age of people around the world has the same effect, since cancer can take decades to develop and therefore ...

I N 1971 RICHARD NIXON, then America’s president, announced a “war on cancer”. Just two years earlier the Apollo programme ...

American children today are dying at much higher rates than kids in similar countries. They’re also far more likely to suffer from a chronic disease than previous generations. That’s according to a ...

US ovarian cancer mortality rates declined from 1999 to 2020, but significant disparities remain across age, race, and geographic regions, highlighting the need for targeted public health efforts.

The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research have caused unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, the storied federal government research hub that has spearheaded ...

From 2010 to 2020, breast cancer deaths among women ages 20-49 declined significantly across all breast cancer subtypes and racial/ethnic groups, with marked declines starting after 2016 ...

A report shows a steady decline in cancer-related deaths in the U.S. over the past 20 years, but an increase in diagnoses among women, especially those in racial minority and ethic groups.

Black men experienced the highest decline in mortality related to cancer compared with Black women, White men, and White women, with a 65% to 67% drop among Black men aged 40 to 59 years.

Q&A: Cancer Death Rates Are Down But Inequalities Persist The cancer mortality rate continued to decline but increases in cancer in young people, women and populations of color are concerning.

Cancer mortality continued to decline through 2022, averting almost 4.5 million deaths since 1991 due to reductions in smoking, earlier detection of some cancers, and improvements in treatment.