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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2003 95(11):775-777; doi:10.1093/jnci/95.11.775
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 11, 775-777, June 4, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

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Cancer Rates Change Slightly With Census Data Correction

James Schultz

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In its latest annual update of the nation’s cancer rates, the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Statistics Review includes incidence, mortality, and survival rates for all cancers for the period 1975–2000, using corrected population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. The bottom line, according to Brenda Edwards, Ph.D., associate director of NCI’s Surveillance Research Program, is that cancer rates on the whole seem to be in slight decline, even as incidence and mortality are on a modest upswing for certain groups.

"What are the patterns in cancer rates? You can’t answer that simplistically," Edwards said. "You have to compare like to like. Cancer is a function of age; its incidence is higher the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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