Cancer Death Rate in U.S. Falls by Largest Yearly Amount on Record - The Wall Street Journal

“To see these continuing record declines in cancer mortality is very encouraging,” said Rebecca Siegel, senior scientific director of surveillance research at the American Cancer Society and lead author of its new report.

Despite the gains, cancer remains one of the country’s biggest killers: the second leading cause of deaths in the U.S., after heart disease.

In 2018, it was responsible for more than 599,000 deaths, the report said.

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