Sentences with phrase «cancer deaths»

It's the second leading cause of cancer death in women, and appropriate screening is a proven strategy for saving lives.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide.

To give you some perspective, the breast cancer death rate increased 0.4 percent between 1975 and 1989, so this is a huge jump.

In 2010, 41 percent of breast cancer deaths occurred in the more than 19 million women who are between the ages of 65 to 84 years.

It is the second leading cause of cancer death among women.

The study found that lung cancer deaths were 20 percent lower among those who received a CT scan than those screened with X-rays.

As you know, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide and we need a global team to conquer this deadly disease.

A better understanding of the mutations that cause human cancer, they said, will help to define the best strategies for reducing cancer deaths.

Every additional 15 minutes of daily exercise beyond the minimum 15 minutes further reduced the risk of all - cause death by 4 percent and the risk of cancer death by 1 percent.

But the cervical cancer death rate has decreased by more than 50 % in the last 30 years, mainly as a result of cervical cancer screening programs.

It's the third leading cause of cancer deaths for women worldwide.

But can unfortunately account for the most skin cancer deaths.

Nine out of every 10 cancer deaths occur because the disease has spread.

Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups.

However, many cancer deaths could be prevented if the disease was detected earlier.

The incidence of pancreatic cancer is rising, and some reports project that the number of new pancreatic cancer cases and pancreatic cancer deaths will more than double by 2030.

Other studies have found excess rates of brain structure alterations and brain cancer deaths among veterans who had the greatest exposure to nerve agents or oil fire smoke.

He set a startling goal of ending cancer deaths by 2015.

These findings were based on 10 years of data about the diagnoses of new cancer cases and 21 years of data about cancer deaths.

It accounts for about 7 percent of all cancers in children, and 15 percent of all pediatric cancer deaths.

However, more than 50 per cent of cancer deaths still occur in hospital, the place people say they would least like to be.

In 2014, prostate cancer was the leading cause of newly diagnosed cancers in men and the second leading cause of cancer death in men.

It's the cause of 90 % of all lung cancer deaths, and can even cause cancer in many other parts of the body.

Insurance coverage has enabled this dramatic reduction in breast cancer deaths.

Instead, the researchers looked at improvements in cancer deaths among groups of individuals born in five - year intervals starting in 1925.

The program is designed to accelerate the conversion of scientific discoveries into clinical advances that significantly reduce cancer deaths.

Nearly 60,000 of those cases will be melanoma, which accounts for a disproportionate number of skin cancer deaths.

The results showed diabetes associated with an 11 percent rise in risk of dying from cancer among women and a 17 percent increased risk of cancer death among men.

Disparities in colorectal cancer death rates take a large toll on the national economy, with poorer, less - educated communities bearing the greatest burden, according to data presented at the Eighth American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial / Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved, held Nov. 13 - 16.

However, a big reason for the decline in ovarian cancer death rates in some parts of the world is likely the use of birth control pills and the long - term protection against ovarian cancer they provide, study leader Dr. Carlo La Vecchia, a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Milan, Italy, and colleagues, suggested.

In 2004 the precision strategy got a boost with two FDA approvals for pharmaceuticals to treat colon cancer — the second most common cause of U.S. cancer deaths.

Going forward, if there were no changes in lifestyle, screening or treatment, there would be a 17 percent drop in colorectal cancer deaths from 2000 to 2020.

Specifically, the Nordic Cochrane review estimate for the number of women who must be screened to prevent one breast cancer death dropped from 2,000 to 257.

The study by researchers in Italy, Switzerland and the USA looked at cancer death rates in the EU 28 member states as a whole and also in the six largest countries — France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK — for all cancers, and, individually, for stomach, intestines, pancreas, lung, prostate, breast, uterus (including cervix) and leukemias for men and women.

Because most cancer deaths result from metastases, answering this question could help doctors anticipate metastatic disease and help choose the optimal treatment.

Assuming that the decline in prostate cancer deaths over this time could be attributed to these screenings, the researchers estimated that for every one man who avoids a death, more than 20 men — and as many as 50 — had to be overdiagnosed and treated needlessly.

According to a 2009 study from The Dartmouth Institute, one - year cancer deaths are 25 percent lower for patients with the four most common types of cancer who receive care at NCI - designated cancer centers.

Neuroblastomas, which account for 15 percent of childhood cancer deaths, happen when some cells do not differentiate and grow as they should.

With the exception of Utah, all states had rates of smoking - linked cancer deaths of at least about 30 percent among men, the study authors noted.

Her team found that, among men, rates of smoking - related cancer deaths ranged from a low of about 22 percent in Utah to highs of 39.5 percent in Arkansas, 38.5 percent in Tennessee and Louisiana, and 38.2 percent in Kentucky and West Virginia.

The United Nations in 2006 attributed 15 childhood thyroid cancer deaths to Chernobyl.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) reports that liver cancer deaths increased at the highest rate of all common cancers from 2003 - 2012.