Steady Number of US Cancer Cases Deaths Declining

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There have been different cancer types that emerge these days. Thyroid cancer for one has rapidly risen at more than 5 percent annually in both women and men.

The  American Cancer Society (ACS) has predicted that there would be almost 1.7 million new cancer cases in 2016 in the United States with almost 600,000 predicted deaths, according to Leader Call. The decline of the number of death rates has pointed to four top cancer types, which are the breast, lung, colon/rectum, and prostate.

Contribution to the decrease of death rates was attributed by the decline of smoking rates as well as early/advance cancer detection, as well as treatment and prevention of cancer. Prevention of cancer resulted to only 1.6 million people diagnosed in 2014 in the U.S, as noted by National Cancer Institute.

Leader Call added that even though cancer still remains second as the leading cause of death nationwide next to heart disease, the former is the leading cause of death in the 21 states of the USA, namely, Arizona, Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Kansas, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, North Carolina, South Carollina, Vermont, Washington, and Virginia. It also has the steady number of cases but the chances of survival have ascended lately as mentioned earlier.

There have been 30 percent cancer deaths as an overall; 70 percent of lung cancer deaths in women were caused by tobacco use or smoking habit, while it was 87 percent in men, as noted by Leader Call. This means that the number attributed to smoking has declined significantly. But still, this cancer diagnosis appears constantly in women. It is because, as ACS also notes that, a third of all cancer deaths in the U.S. every year have been linked to diet and physical activity, as well as being overweight or obese, while another third is linked to tobacco products.  

According to an article published by ACS titled 'Diet and activity factors that affect risks for certain cancers,' risk of breast cancer especially in women, however, is increased by a number of factors that can't be readily changed, such as late menopause, family history of breast cancer, having period before 12 years old, and not having children or having the first child after 30 years old. But this risk can be prevented by getting regular activities, reducing lifetime weight by limiting calories, and avoiding or limiting alcohol intakes. 

Researchers and scientists who study in preventing cancer say also that chemoprevention and changes in diet and lifestyle for the betterment can help reduce risk it. Also, finding precancerous conditions early and avoiding or controling things known to cause cancer can also prevent from acquiring this disease.