Cancer Rates in U.S. Population Continues to Decrease

April 9, 2011 - PRLog -- Remedy Health News – Steven Reinberg a HealthDay Reporter reports that new surveys conducted by several researchers have concluded that US cancer rates are continuing to decrease.  In the 1990s, there was a downward trend in cancer related illness that continued between 2003 and 2007.  Lynn Ries, a health statistician at the U.S. National Cancer Institute stated, “Cancer is not one disease.  The rates for some are going up and some are going down, and there are different patterns for men and for women.”   Her point is reflected in the results of various cancer surveys.  Though cancer related illness as a whole have decreased, there is upward and downward movement across the board.

In regards to men, rates of colon, rectum, lung, pharynx, stomach, and brain cancers have decreased, while rates of pancreas, liver, kidney cancers and melanoma have increased.  Women on the other hand have seen a decrease in the rates of lung, breast, colorectal, uterine, bladder, cervical, and oral cancers.  But rates of thyroid, pancreas, and kidney cancers have risen.  Furthermore, there are differences in cancer rates among different cultures.  Black men have seen the greatest increase in cancer between 2003 and 2007.  Despite the complexity of these cancer statistics, cancer rates have overall decreased.  Dr. Joseph Rosenblatt, interim director of the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami contributes rate decreases to lifestyle changes such as quitting smoking.  Also, he states that improvements in diagnostics and treatment have led to fewer deaths and will play a key role in reducing cancer related illness in the future.  The reduction in cancer rates in encouraging, and with the innovation of new technologies, rates are expected to continue their downward trend.

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