As smoking rates drop and early detections and treatments rise, cancer is killing less and less people each year.
As of January of this year, there are more than 18 million survivors, compared to only 3 million 1971. That number is expected to jump to 26 million by 2040, according to the association.
Additionally, when adjusted for age, the overall cancer death rate is dropping. Between 1991 and 2019 nearly 3.5 million deaths were avoided.“Basic research discoveries have driven the remarkable advances that we’ve seen in cancer medicine in recent years,” said AACR President Lisa M. Coussens“Targeted therapies, immunotherapy, and other new therapeutic approaches being applied clinically all stem from fundamental discoveries in basic science.
Coussens also noted that between August 1 and July 31, of this year alone the US Food and Drug Administration approved, expanded the use of 10 previously approved medications to treat new types of cancer, and approved two diagnostic imaging agents.
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