Thanks in part to healthier lifestyles and investment in research that has yielded new treatments, cancer incidence (new cases) and mortality rates have fallen in recent decades. But the overall growth—and aging—of the United States and global populations contribute to a rising total number of people diagnosed with cancer as well as an increase in the number of survivors. These are among the findings described in the American Association for Cancer Research’s newly released AACR Cancer Progress Report 2019 . “Research continues to be our best defense against cancer. It powers the development of new and better ways to prevent, detect, diagnose, treat and cure some of the many diseases we call cancer,” said AACR president Elaine Mardis, PhD. “These advances are driving down overall U.S. cancer incidence and death rates and increasing the number of children and adults who are living longer, higher-quality lives after receiving a cancer diagnosis.” According to the report, the age-adjusted overall U.S. cancer death rate declined by 27% from 1991 to 2016, which translates to more than 2.6 million deaths averted. In 2018, there were nearly 1.8 million cases of cancer in the United States and 17.0 million cases worldwide. By 2040, this […]

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