NIH Releases Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer

On May 22, The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released its Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, a collaborative effort with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Cancer Society, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.

The report finds that from 1999 to 2015, overall cancer death rates decreased by 1.8 percent per year among men and by 1.4 percent per year among women. From 2011 to 2015, death rates decreased for 11 of the 18 most common cancer types in men and for 14 of the 20 most common cancer types in women. Over the same period, death rates for cancers of the liver, pancreas, and brain and other nervous system increased in both men and women; death rates for cancer of the uterus increased in women; and death rates for cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx and soft tissue increased in men.

Read the full report here.

Posted 5/22/2018