Cancer death rate on decline, report claims
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Cancer death rate on decline, report claims
Medical science, in which we all have invested as a nation and as working class individuals, is seeing the fruit of its labors as the cancer death rate continues to decline in the United States. Others, however, challenge the results of a new report. Article resource: personalmoneynetwork.com
Cancer not hurting as many
The “Annual Report to the Country on the Status of Cancer” from the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society and other groups has been released. It found a slight decline in the death rates for most types of cancer, a trend that has been continuing since the early 1990s. However, the number of incidents of cancers related to the human papillomavirus is on the rise.
The rate of cancer-related fatalities fell among men and kids over the last decade, according to the ACS report. Cancer death rates among women have remained essentially steady.
Reasons for change
The reason for the decrease might be the fact that there have been massive decreases in the number of smokers and medical advancements.
Dr. Otis Brawley of the American Cancer Society said, "The decrease in cancer mortality is driven largely by the decrease in cancer incidence, which is mostly because of the decrease in smoking. ... There has been clear progress.”
The next greatest challenge
There is reason to fight even more on top of the reason to cheer, according to Dr. John R. Seffrin of the American Cancer Society.
“The challenge we now face is how to continue those gains in the face of new obstacles, like obesity and HPV infections," said Seffrin. "We must face these hurdles head on, without distraction, and without delay, by expanding access to proven strategies to prevent and control cancer.”
More people experiencing HPV
In the last ten years, there has been a huge surge in the number of women with the vulva cancer. HPV related cancers have surge in men and women. There has been an increase of oropharyngeal and anal cancer.
The report reinforces the need for children to obtain vaccinations for the human papillomavirus.
“This year’s report correctly and usefully emphasizes the importance of HPV infection as a cause of the growing number of cancers ... and the availability of vaccines against the major cancer-causing strains of HPV,” said Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute. “But ... vaccines against HPV will have the expected payoffs only if vaccination rates for girls and boys improve markedly.”
Less than half of the country's girls between the ages of 13 and 17 received at least one of the three shots recommended to fend off HPV in 2010. Less than a third received all three shots.
Not amazed with change
Van Visco is the president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition. She thinks this is not progress considering the vast amount of cash getting put into it.
"We don't look at this as progress," she said. "This is such incremental improvement, when you look at the decades of investments, the cost of treatments, the number of researchers and journals, and then at the number of people who die ... well, we are clearly doing something wrong."
Sources:
Reuters
Vaccine News Daily
Reporter News
Cancer not hurting as many
The “Annual Report to the Country on the Status of Cancer” from the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society and other groups has been released. It found a slight decline in the death rates for most types of cancer, a trend that has been continuing since the early 1990s. However, the number of incidents of cancers related to the human papillomavirus is on the rise.
The rate of cancer-related fatalities fell among men and kids over the last decade, according to the ACS report. Cancer death rates among women have remained essentially steady.
Reasons for change
The reason for the decrease might be the fact that there have been massive decreases in the number of smokers and medical advancements.
Dr. Otis Brawley of the American Cancer Society said, "The decrease in cancer mortality is driven largely by the decrease in cancer incidence, which is mostly because of the decrease in smoking. ... There has been clear progress.”
The next greatest challenge
There is reason to fight even more on top of the reason to cheer, according to Dr. John R. Seffrin of the American Cancer Society.
“The challenge we now face is how to continue those gains in the face of new obstacles, like obesity and HPV infections," said Seffrin. "We must face these hurdles head on, without distraction, and without delay, by expanding access to proven strategies to prevent and control cancer.”
More people experiencing HPV
In the last ten years, there has been a huge surge in the number of women with the vulva cancer. HPV related cancers have surge in men and women. There has been an increase of oropharyngeal and anal cancer.
The report reinforces the need for children to obtain vaccinations for the human papillomavirus.
“This year’s report correctly and usefully emphasizes the importance of HPV infection as a cause of the growing number of cancers ... and the availability of vaccines against the major cancer-causing strains of HPV,” said Dr. Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute. “But ... vaccines against HPV will have the expected payoffs only if vaccination rates for girls and boys improve markedly.”
Less than half of the country's girls between the ages of 13 and 17 received at least one of the three shots recommended to fend off HPV in 2010. Less than a third received all three shots.
Not amazed with change
Van Visco is the president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition. She thinks this is not progress considering the vast amount of cash getting put into it.
"We don't look at this as progress," she said. "This is such incremental improvement, when you look at the decades of investments, the cost of treatments, the number of researchers and journals, and then at the number of people who die ... well, we are clearly doing something wrong."
Sources:
Reuters
Vaccine News Daily
Reporter News
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