Elizabeth Ward

TL;DR: The downturn in cancer death rates since 1990 result mostly from reductions in tobacco use, increased screening allowing early detection of several cancers, and modest to large improvements in treatment for specific cancers.

TL;DR: According to death certificate data between 1969 and 2013, an overall decreasing trend in age-standardized death rate was observed for all causes combined, heart disease, cancer, stroke, unintentional injuries, and diabetes, although the rate of decrease appears to have slowed for heart disease and diabetes.

TL;DR: Among people of all ages and ages 20–49 years, favorable as well as unfavorable trends in site-specific cancer incidence were observed, whereas trends in death rates were generally favorable.

TL;DR: Large declines in the incidence of right-sided colon tumors among individuals 50 years and older began around 2000, and increased colonoscopy utilization during the past decade may have contributed to a reduction in risk for cancers in both the right and left colorectum in the United States.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined trends in stage-specific survival for melanoma of the skin (melanoma) in the United States from 2001 through 2017 and melanoma cases diagnosed during 2001-2014 and followed up through 2016 were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute-funded population-based cancer registry programs compiled by the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.