The Annual Cancer Statistics Report of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), which was published in Cancer magazine on Monday, April 21, shows some signs of progress in the United States struggle against the disease.
In general, the rates of new cancer diagnoses and cancer -related deaths have decreased.
Between 2018 and 2022, cancer mortality rates have decreased by 1.7% each year for men and 1.3% for women, according to the report.
“Cancer mortality rates are falling between men and women due to many factors, including better detection, early intervention, more advanced surgical approaches and better directed therapies,” Dr. Ir. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, told Fox News Digital.
Cancers related to smoking in particular (lung, bladder and larynx) saw significant decreases in new cases and deaths, the researchers said, probably driven by the reduced use of tobacco and changes in the recommendations of the collection.
Cancer deaths in men
For adult men, mortality rates decreased for 12 of the most common types of cancer between 2018 and 2022, including the bile duct of prostate, liver and intrahepatic, esophagus, skin melanom and lung and lung and brochus.
Lung and bronchio cancer saw the greatest bone on deaths, falling by 4.5% each year within four years, cord about the report.
“This is largely due to early and more effective detection, robotic lung surgery (which can obtain cancer before escaping from the lung) and more effective directed and immunotherapies when it escapes the lung,” Siegel said.
The mortality rates of men increased for pancreas, bones and joints, oral cavity and pharynx, and non -melanoma skin cancer giving this period.
Cancer deaths in women
Among women, 14 common cans had reduced mortality rates, including the brain and another nervous system, uterine neck, soft tissues that include heart, urinary bladder, renal and renal pelvis, breast, leukemia, colon and straight, gallbladder, gallbladder, bronchio Hodgkin, researchers.
Lung and bronchio cancer deaths also decreased more for women, falling 3.4% annually between 2018 and 2022.
“As of 2021, the breast cancer mortality rate fell 42% since its peak in 1989, thanks to the advances of treatment and detection,” the report said.
Mortality rates increased for the cancers of oral cavity and pharynx, corpus and uterus, and the bile duct liver and intrahepatic for the duration of women this time frame.
Cancer deaths in young people
Among children, cancer mortality rates fell 1.5% per year between 2001 and 2022, according to the data.
Among adolescents and young adults (15 to 39 years old), cancer -related mortality decreased by 2.9% per year between 2001 and 2005 and 1% per year since 2005 and 2020.
Mortality rates did not change for the previous group between 2020 and 2022.
New cases of cancer in men
Among men, the new cancer diagnoses fell 1.6% to 2.2% each year between 2001 and 2013.
These rates were stable between 2013 and 2021, according to the researchers.
Between 2017 and 2021, men’s diagnoses decreased for brain cancer and another nervous system, non -Hodgkin lymphoma, colon and straight, thyroid, urinary bladder, larynx and lung and bronchi.
Lung cancer and bronchus saw the greatest decrease in cases, falling 3.4% per year.
Six cancers saw an increase in diagnoses. Those included prostate, pancreas, oral cavity and pharynx, renal and renal pelvis, myeloma and testicles, as listed in the report.
Prostate cancer saw the most acute increase, increasing 2.9% per year.
The new cases remained stable for the following types of cancer: stomach, skin melanoma, esophagus, leukemia and bile duct liver and intrahepatic.
New cases of cancer in women
For women, the report said that new cancer cases increased 0.3% per year between 2003 and 2021.
The women saw an increase in eight cancers: stomach biliary, liver and intrahepatic, skin melanoma, sinus, myeloma, pancreas, corpus and uterus, and oral cavity and pharynx.
“The reduction in fertility rates, the elderly to the first birth and the increase in obesity and alcohol consumption probably drive the growing rates of breast cancer receptive to estrogen,” the researchers said.
The researchers also indicated that 16% of all cases of breast cancer may be linked to drinking alcohol.
Regarding the increase in cases and deaths of uterine cancer, CEDK researchers excess body weight, physical inactivity, diabetes and early menstruation.
Stomach cancer cases were the fastest growing in women, increasing 3.2% per year.
“Women have growing rates of new cases of cancer in more places than men,” wrote the authors of the report. “However, the increase in stomach cancer cases is probably related to how certain stomach tumors (gastrointestinal stromal tumors or GIST) are now classified as malignant.”
“This change occurred based on a better understanding of this type of strange tumors and does not reflect a change in the underlying load of cancer.”
The report also noted that the new cases of female cancers increased in areas associated with excess body weight, including the breast, the uterus, the colon and the rectum between adolescents and young adults and the pancreas, the kidney and the liver among women.
The following cancers decreased among women between 2017 and 2021: brain and another nervous system, uterine neck, colon and rectum, urinary bladder, no Hodgkin lymphoma, ovary, thyroid and lung and bronchi.
Lung and bronchial cancer cases saw the most acute decrease among women, decreasing 2.1% per year.
Cancer and renal and renal leukemia remained relatively stable among women.
New cases of cancer in young people
In general, the investigation showed that new cases of child cancer fell by 0.8% per year between 2017 and 2021.
The greatest decrease was observed in the rate of new brain cancers and other nervous systems, which fell by 2.9% per year.
However, there were increases in new cases of leukemia (0.5% per year) and lymphoma (0.6%) between 2017 and 2021.
The most common cancers that affected children included leukemia, brain and another nervous system, and lymphoma.
Among adolescents and young adults, the new cancer diagnoses remained stable between 2017 and 2021.
The most common types of diseases among this group were female breast cancer, thyroid cancer and testicular cancer.
Siegel added: “The equipment approach for cancer treatment is also decreasing mortality, with approaches combined by surgeons, medical subspecialists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and practicing nurses.”
The new cases of cancer had fallen with the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, returning to the “expected levels” in 2021, according to the report.
Due to this anomaly, the data of the 2020 case were analyzed separately and were not included in the cancer trends analysis.
