Nearly 6 million deaths from five common cancers were avoided through prevention, early detection and better treatments, a new study reveals.
Biostatistician Katrina Goddard from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues used statistical modeling to estimate how many lives would have been lost in the United States to each of the five cancers if survival rates had remained at 1975 levels, before major advances in cancer control strategies were implemented. The team also calculated how many deaths were avoided by improvements in prevention measures, screening and treatments.
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