Cancer statistics, 2023

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths in the United States and compiles the most recent data on population-based cancer occurrence and outcomes using incidence data collected by central cancer registries and mortality data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. This progress increasingly reflects advances in treatment, which are particularly evident in the rapid declines in mortality (approximately 2% annually during 2016 thr...

🔑 Key Findings

• In 2023, 1,958,310 new cancer cases and 609,820 cancer deaths are projected to occur in the United States.
• Cancer incidence increased for prostate cancer by 3% annually from 2014 through 2019 after two decades of decline, translating to an additional 99,000 new cases; otherwise, however, incidence trends were more favorable in men compared to women.
• For example, lung cancer in women decreased at one half the pace of men (1.1% vs.

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