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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(8):659; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.8.659aa
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 8, 659, April 21, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

MEMORANDUM FOR: Science Writers and Editors on the Journal Press List

April 15, 1999 (EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE 4 P.M. April 20)

Julianne Chappell, Executive Editor, Dan Eckstein, (301) 986-1891, ext. 119

Cancer Incidence and Mortality Decline 1990-1996

From 1990 through 1996, the cancer death rate in the United States was down for all types of cancer combined, and the incidence rates of a number of common cancers also fell.

These results, based on the latest national data available, are presented by Phyllis A. Wingo, Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society, and colleagues from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). They appear in the April 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Their work is based on cancer incidence data of newly diagnosed cases from the NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Cigar and Pipe Smoking Associated With a High Risk of Lung Cancer


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