Cancer Death Rates Down More than 20% in Last 50 Years but Cases Rising – Report

Groups to hold listening session in Council Bluffs about Iowa's cancer rate

A listening session planned for next month in Council Bluffs will hear feedback about Iowa's second-highest cancer rate in the nation.

Cancer Death Rates Down More Than 20 Percent in Last 50 Years but Cases Rising: Report

Cancer death rates have fallen by more than a fifth in the last 50 years but cases are rising, according to a new analysis. A report from Cancer Research UK found people are now more likely to get cancer than decades ago, but are less likely to die from the disease. Figures show that the rate of people dying from cancer in the UK has fallen by around 22 percent since the early 1970s, but the rate of people being diagnosed with the disease has ri…

Cancer death rates down more than 20% in last 50 years but cases rising ...

Cancer death rates down more than 20% in last 50 years but cases rising – report

Cancer Research UK warned that, despite improvement in overall survival, many more people are being diagnosed with cancer compared with 50 years ago.

More Brits developing cancer than ever before but survival rates are up

MORE Brits are developing cancer than ever before but we are twice as likely to survive the disease than patients in the 1970s, a report shows. Cancer Research UK studied 50 years of data and found tumour rates increased by nearly half – 48 per cent – between 1973 and 2023. GettyMore Brits are developing cancer than ever before but we are twice as likely to survive the disease than patients in the 1970s[/caption] There are now 607 cases per 100,…

Cancer deaths fall by over 20% in 50 years – but cases continue to rise, report warns