Cancer statistics, 2024

🤖 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 (through 2020) and mortality data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics (through 2021). Progress is also hampered by wide persistent cancer disparities; compared to White people, mortality rates are two-fold higher for prosta...

🔑 Key Findings

• In 2024, 2,001,140 new cancer cases and 611,720 cancer deaths are projected to occur in the United States.
• Cancer mortality continued to decline through 2021, averting over 4 million deaths since 1991 because of reductions in smoking, earlier detection for some cancers, and improved treatment options in both the adjuvant and metastatic settings.
• However, these gains are threatened by increasing incidence for 6 of the top 10 cancers.

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