The ACS tracks cancer occurrence, including the number of deaths, cases, and how long people survive after diagnosis. ACS also tracks data regarding behaviors that influence the risk of developing cancer and the use of screening tests.
Caution: It is very important to note that, beginning with the 2003 Cancer Facts & Figures, the incidence and mortality data has been age-adjusted to the 2000 population standard of the United States.
This change in method will affect the comparability of the new report’s data with that of previous years. The new approach will result in some dramatic changes in the rates of cancer incidence and mortality, rates at different ages, magnitude of improvement in cancer, and racial and ethnic differences.
Cancer Facts & Figures 2006
2006 --> Presents data on cancer incidence, mortality, survival, cancer risk factors, and annual estimates of expected new cases and deaths. Special section on Environmental Pollutants and Cancer. Also available: the most-requested graphs and figures and the Cancer Statistics Presentation 2006 in PowerPoint.
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