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February 14, 2022
More Black Women Die from Breast Cancer Than Any Other Cancer
New Cancer Facts & Figures for African American/Black People finds breast cancer now surpasses lung as the leading cause of cancer death in Black women.
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February 11, 2022
Slideshow: COVID-19 Pandemic Affects the Cancer Continuum
ACS 2021 studies show how COVID-19 is affecting prevention efforts, expected cancer screening rates, treatment, quality-of-life, and research.
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January 12, 2022
Risk of Dying from Cancer Continues to Drop at an Accelerated Pace
New 2022 cancer facts and figures show overall improvement, with new milestones for early detection of lung cancer, but with slowing progress for prostate and breast cancer.
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May 19, 2021
Smoking Rates Historically Low, but Other Cancer-related Behaviors Need Improvement
The latest statistics about the major cancer risk factors and screening test use in the United States are now available in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention and in the American Cancer Society Report Cancer Prevention and Early Detection, 2021-2022.