Stig Östlund

lördag, mars 12, 2011

Ranks of Cancer Survivors Growing Fast, CDC Says

The number of cancer survivors in the United States is increasing by hundreds of thousands a year, and now includes roughly one in 20 adults, health officials said Thursday.
More people are surviving cancer, in part, because of earlier detection and better treatment, they said.
In 2007, there were about 11.7 million Americans with a history of cancer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Forty years ago, the number of cancers survivors was about 3 million. That increased to 10 million in 2001 and to 11.4 million in 2006.
Healthy eating, less smoking and other preventive steps may also be playing a role in the increase, health officials said.

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