The death rate from cancer has never dropped as much in a year in the United States.
A report from the Cancer Journal for clinicians reports a 2.2% drop from 2016 to 2017.
The decrease is due to the fact that lung cancer has declined since the 1990s. The disease has declined by 51% in men and 26% in women.
Nevertheless, 1.8 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in 2020, an average of 5,000 people a day.
It is estimated that 607,000 of them will die from the disease.
Furthermore, new technologies and the decrease in smoking are also responsible for this drop.
Canada is due to report in the spring. In the meantime, Dr. Denis Soulières, hematologist and oncologist at the CHUM, thinks that the imminent arrival of immunotherapy in the country can be promising.
“We can expect the same kind of result as elsewhere. There is already a decrease in mortalities for lung cancer not just by reducing smoking, but also by improving early detection measures, “he said.
Like pancreatic cancer, lung cancer is very difficult to treat. Hence the importance of continuing research in the field.
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