A decade of aggressive screening and treatment efforts has helped Delaware reduce its cancer death rate, once ranked among the nations highest. But more screening, while getting patients treatment quicker, may be driving up the number of cases, propping up a state incidence rate that now ranks as the countrys second highest. New federal data of the states latest cancer incidence and mortality record shows continuing improvement in detections of some prevalent cancers – such as prostate and colorectal. Rates for some of the most common cancers are still significantly higher in Delaware than the nation, including lung, prostate, breast, colorectal and melanoma. delonline.us/1mLjS2z
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:01:09 +0000
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