Cancer mortality related to smoking and obesity in the United States is on the upswing; progress on improving 5-year survival rates for pancreatic, liver, lung, and esophageal cancers remains “limited”; and racial disparities persist in many common cancers, according to the latest “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.”
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US Cancer Mortality Rates: 'Progress, but Very Limited'