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The Center for Disease have charge of and Prevention (CDC), American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries released their annual report in June upon the status of cancer. just discovered data indicate improvements in prevention, early detection, and treatment, however not all parts of the U population have gained equally from these improvements. Mortality rates from all cancers dropp 11 percent between 1993 and 2001 and the percentage of patients who have survived more than five years after being diagnosed with cancer has increased through the whole extent of the past 20 years. More information is available online at http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040603b.htm, and the report can be accessed at http://interscience.wiley.com/cancer/report2004.

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