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1. Introduction
2. Talk outline
3. Trends in cancer incidence or death rates
4. Screening effect on prostate cancer incidence
5. What to look for in interpreting cancer trends
6. Distinguishing between rates and numbers
7. Overall death rate from cancer decreased by 17%
8. U.S. population age distribution, 2000, 2025, 2050
9. The number of cases or deaths may increase
10. The future without prevention
11. Both death rate and number of cases are important
12. Cost projections
13. Interpreting cancer trends (1)
14. Defining incidence, mortality & relative survival
15. Cancer death rates: all sites combined by sex
16. Cancer incidence rates: all sites combined by sex
17. 5-year relative survival: all sites combined by sex
18. Incidence and mortality are affected differently
19. Prevention, screening, and treatment
20. Interpreting cancer trends (2)
21. Cancer death rates among men
22. Cancer death rates among women
23. The trend in all cancers combined
24. 2008 estimated US cancer cases
25. Men cancer sites with decreasing death rates
26. Women cancer sites with decreasing death rates
27. Men cancer sites with decreasing incidence rates
28. Women cancers with decreasing incidence rates
29. Man increasing or not decreasing incidence rates
30. Increasing or not decreasing incidence rates
31. Increasing or not decreasing mortality rates
32. Substantial progress is being made
33. Number of cancer deaths avoided
34. Lung cancer deaths prevented
35. Prevention gains are hard-won
36. Further progress needed in early detection
37. Proper Triage
38. Multiple ways to reduce the burden of cancer
39. Conclusions
40. Progress can be sustained and accelerated by
41. Acknowledgements
42. Thank you

Topics Covered

• Current trends in cancer incidence, mortality and relative survival in the US
• Understanding how improvements in prevention, early detection and treatment affect these trends
• How demographic changes affect the number of cancer cases and deaths but not the age-standardized incidence or death rates
• Specific cancer sites for which the incidence and/or death rates are changing
• Role of prevention, early detection, and improvements in treatment in reducing the burden of cancer

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Series:

• Cancer Therapy

Categories:

• Cancer
• Clinical Practice

Therapeutic Areas:

• Oncology

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on January 6, 2009
• Archived on February 25, 2021

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Michael Thun has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.