Scientific evidence shows that more than one-third of deaths from colorectal cancer could be avoided if people aged 50 years and older were screened regularly.
Cancer is a very widespread disease and does take many lives. However, the population is not decreasing because of it. the population growth rate in total outweighs the deaths of cancer by far. there is currently no concern of cancer being a large contribution to population decrease
In 2003, an estimated 57,100 people will die from colorectal cancer. Although screening could find precancerous growths (polyps), which lead to colorectal cancer, screening rates in the United States remain low.
lung cancer is in the lungs, prostate cancer is in the prostate.
1 in 35 people that get breast cancer will die
It is estimated there will be 553,400 total cancer deaths in the United States in 2001. Malignant melanoma will account for 7,800 of these deaths, for an incidence of 1.5% of total deaths related to cancer.
In 2004 there were 553,888 cancer deaths in the US. There are 525,600 minutes in a year. That works out to (553,888/525,600 =) 1.054 cancer deaths per minute
lung cancer
In the UK in 2008, there were 156,723 deaths from cancer.
While a proper diet and regular exercise appears to reduce the risk of many cancers, some cancer deaths could not havebeen preventedthrough a change in diet. A Harvard report notes that 30% of all cancer incidences could have been prevented through proper nutrition.
to decrease the number of deaths
lung cancer!
nicotine.