Measures to reduce mortality from cancer in the United States

The new report of leading cancer organizations in the United States published last week showed that the death rate from cancer is declining rapidly across the United States. From 2002 to 2004, the cancer death rate decreased by an average of 2.1% per year, nearly double the 1.1% annual average reduction of the period 1993-2002.

Experts say that early detection of the disease by X-rays, improving the ability to diagnose and treat properly are the factors that help the US health sector control the effectiveness of cancer.

Regular visits to a health checkup are one of the measures to help screen for cancer.(Photo: Reuters)

Through an analysis of mortality rates, the National Cancer Institute, the American Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the American Cancer Society found the number of deaths due to the top 15 cancer deaths including prostate cancer. paralysis in men, breast cancer in women, as well as lung and colon cancer in both sexes are markedly reduced. Specifically, from 2002-2004, the number of cancer deaths decreased by 2.6% in men and 1.8% in women.

According to Dr. Corey J. Langer, head of the Chest Chase Cancer Center and head of Fox Chase Cancer Center, the number of cancer-related deaths is a good sign, opening hope for controlling the deadly disease. the world's leading people.

In women, the mortality rate from breast cancer is reduced because women enter menopause periodically to the mammography hospital for cancer screening, and the number of people who use hormone replacement therapy ( HRT) - one of the causes of breast cancer - decreased. HRT works to limit common unpleasant symptoms during menopause. Meanwhile, in men, the number of people with lung cancer also decreased by 1.8% / year, mainly due to reduced smoking rates. In addition, the number of patients dying from colon cancer in men and women also decreased by more than 2% per year by doing well in screening and proactively removing tumors that have the potential to develop cancer.

Even so, the report said that Indian-born and Aboriginal people in some parts of the United States had the highest rates of cancer due to lack of access to the health care system. The American Cancer Society (ACS) forecasts that in 2007, the United States will have 1.4 million new cancer cases and about 560,000 people die from the second highest fatal disease in the country, after heart disease. However, ACS President John Seffrin said that if every American citizen had access to the health care system, including primary health care and preventive medicine, the number of people who escaped death due to cancer will increase.

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According to Healthday, NYTimes, AFP, Science Daily, Can Tho Newspaper