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Written and reviewed by Melissa Jacobs, MS, RD, CSO, LDN, CNSC, Advanced Practice Dietitian specializing in nutrition support and oncology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States affecting racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic subgroups differently. There has been a decline in the overall cancer […]
Each year, the American Cancer Society publishes data that gives a review of cancer statistics with foundational data that tells us about new cases in the U.S. and details on incidence and survival statistics state by state, overall and by cancer type. The latest report, which made headlines for a historic drop in cancer deaths, […]
Cancer death rates in the U.S. took the “biggest single-year drop ever,” according to a new report by the American Cancer Society. Improvements in the screening and treatment of lung cancer, the 2nd most common cancer and leading cancer killer, are a main contributor to this positive trend. Julie Brahmer, M.D., Director of the Kimmel […]