Hello this is Liz Ward, Vice president for surveillance and health policy
research
here at the American Cancer Society as you've probably heard the society
recently released to of it's signature scientific publications
cancer facts & figures and cancer statistics
these publications provide concise summaries
of important cancer statistics in a consumer-friendly format
and are useful resources to all society staff
this presentation highlights some of the most important information in this
year's cancer facts & figures
and cancer statistics publications let's start
with talking about death rates really the most important way to measure
progress against cancer
unlike cancer incidence which can be affected by changes in screening
patterns and numbers of deaths which are also which are affected by
by aging growth population cancer death rates truly reflect the impact
of changes like prevention
early detection and improvements in treatment cancer accounts for nearly
one-quarter
deaths in the United States exceeded only by heart diseases
in 2007 there were 500 62,000 875 cancer deaths in the US
compared to a peak rate
of 215 point one per hundred thousand in 1991
the cancer death rate decreased seventeen-percent
270 8.4 per hundred thousand
in 2007 rates for other major chronic diseases
also decrease substantially during this period
lung cancer is by far the most common
cause of cancer death in men causing 29 percent of cancer deaths
followed by prostate at 11 percent and colorectal
at nine percent in women lang
at 26 percent breast 15 percent and colorectal
cancer nine-percent are the leading sites have cancer death
the death rate from all cancers combined decreased by 2 percent per year
from 2001 to 2006 in man and 1.5 percent per year from 2002 to 2006 in women
cancer death rates have been decreasing since 1990 in man and since 1991 in
women
compared to the peak rates in 1990 for men
and 1991 for women the cancer death rate for all sites
combined in 2006 was 21 percent lower in man
and 12.38 percent lower in women despite a continuing decline in the cancer death
rate from 2006 to 2007
there was an increase in the recorded number of cancer death
in 2007 compared to 2006
as a result in the eighteen growth in the US population
the number of cancer deaths increase by over 2700 n man
and two hundred and women resulting in a net increase of nearly 3,000 cancer
deaths
most to the increase in cancer deaths
form and prior to 1990 was attributable
to increases in lung cancer deaths however since 1990
the age-adjusted lung cancer death rate in man has been decreasing
this decrease was is estimated to account for about 40 percent
have the overall decrease in cancer deaths in men
some a cancer mortality has also declined considerably since 1930
well death rates for prostate and colorectal cancers
have been declining in recent decades
lung cancer death rates in women
have leveled off after rapidly increasing for several decades
the gender difference in the pattern of lung cancer
occurred because smoking rates peaked in women several decades later than men
in comparison breast cancer death rates change very little between 1930 in 1990
but decrease substantially by a total of 29 percent between 1990
and 2006 the death rates for stomach and uterine cancers have decrease Attlee
since 1930 well colorectal cancer death rates have been decreasing for more than
fifty years
declines in death rates since the early 1990s
have an important impact in averting or postponing deaths from cancer
we estimate that over 560 1000
deaths in man and two hundred and five thousand deaths and women
have been averted or postponed
cancer death rates are higher in men than in women and every racial and
ethnic group
african-american men and women have higher rates have
cancer mortality than their counterparts and every other racial and ethnic group
Asian American and Pacific Islander men and women have the lowest cancer death
rates
about half the rate African and American men and women respectively
it's important to note that rates for populations other than whites
and african-americans may be affected by problems in ascertaining race/ethnicity
information from medical records
this is likely to result in lower reported death rates that are actually
true
although overall cancer death rates continue to be higher in
african-american men than white man
since 1997 the decline and death rates has been larger for african-american
than for white men 2.6 percent per year compared to 1.6 percent per year
turning our attention now to cancer incidence which is the number of newly
diagnosed cases rather than the number of deaths each year
it is estimated that there will be about 1.5 million new cases have cancer
diagnosis in 2010
cancers that the prostate and breast will be the most frequently diagnosed
cancers in men and women respectively
followed by lung and colorectal cancers in both men and women
this slideshow strands in cancer incidence for all sites combined for the
years 1970 factor 2006
overall incidence rates for all racial and ethnic populations combined
decreased 5.7 percent per year through 1999
from 1999 through 2006 in both sexes combined
by 1.3 percent per year from 2002-2006 in man
and by 0.5 percent per year from 1919
8 through 2016 women
incidence rates have prostate cancer have changed substantially over the last
twenty years
rapidly increasing from 19 eighty eight to nineteen
92 declining sharply from 1992 to ninety
1895 remaining stable from 1995 to 2000
and decreasing from 2002-2006
largely due to changes in prostate cancer screening
with PSA but testing incidence rates for both lung and colorectal cancers in men
have to declined in recent years
after increasing from 1994 to 1999
breast cancer incidence rates in women decreased by 2 percent per year
from 1999 to 2006 likely due in part to reduction use the form on replacement
therapy
and a slight decline or stabilization and mammography utilization
however close inspection of the data show that in the last four years
rates have remained relatively unchanged similarly
although instanceof lung cancer has increased slightly by
0.4 percent per year since 1991
rates than the most recent years have plateaued
colorectal cancer incidence rates have been decreasing rapidly
by 2.2 percent per year since 1998
cancer incidence rates however remain consistently higher
an african-american and white man in contrast cancer incidence rates are
generally higher in white women african-american women
although the difference is not as Cherie
finally am the reports present information and cancer survival
the survival rates for all cancers combined and for certain site specific
cancers
have improved significantly since the nineteen seventies
due in part to both earlier detection and advances in treatment
survival rates markedly increase for cancers of the prostate breast
colon rectum and leukemia with
with new treatment techniques and increase utilization screening
there is hope for even greater improvement in the near future
child's had cancer survival rates have improved and even faster rate
then and survival rates for adult cancers
for example among children ages 10 to 14 years
the five-year relative survival rate increased RAM 58.9 percent
for those diagnosed in nineteen seventy factor 77
80.8 percent for those patients diagnosed in 1999
through 2005 researchers at attribute these
differences to a number of factors including
I'm widespread participation and clinical trials among
pediatric patients
thank you for it your attention to this to this presentation
and am we hope that you'll look more closely at our publications
where there's a wealth of additional information thank you