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Cancer Trends

Cancer Trends are monitored by the National Cancer Institute. At intervals, the provide an cverview of trend direction measure of factors affecting the cause of cancer, diagnosis and intervention and cancer mortality.

The following table below is a 2005 snapshot. For comparison to 2010 target, see the summary tables by topic.

Measure	Trend
PREVENTION
Age at smoking initiation	Stable
Youth smoking	Falling
Adult smoking	Falling
Quitting smoking	Falling
Doctor/dentist advice to quit smoking
Doctor	Rising
Dentist	Rising
Secondhand smoke
Exposed nonsmokers	Falling
Workers in smoke-free environment	Rising
States with smoke-free air laws	Rising
Alcohol consumption	Stable
Fruit & vegetable consumption
Fruit	Rising
Vegetables	Falling
Fat consumption	Stable
Healthy weight	Falling
No leisure time physical activity	Falling
Sun protection	Stable
Pesticide levels in the blood	Rising
Dioxin levels in the human body	Falling
EARLY DETECTION
Breast cancer screening	Stable
Cervical cancer screening	Falling
Colorectal cancer screening
Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT)	Falling
Endoscopy	Rising
Colorectal test use	Rising
DIAGNOSIS
Incidence
All cancers	Stable
White	Falling
Black	Falling
Hispanics	Falling
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	Falling
Asian/Pacific Islanders	Falling
Four most common cancers
Prostate	Rising
Female breast	Falling
Colorectal	Falling
Lung and bronchus	Falling

Measure	Trend
DIAGNOSIS (continued)
Incidence (continued)
Cancers that are increasing
Female lung	Rising
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Rising
Melanoma of skin (White only)	Rising
Stage at diagnosis
Colon	Falling
Female breast	Stable
Rectum	Falling
Cervix	Falling
Prostate	Falling
TREATMENT
Breast cancer treatment
Mastectomy	Falling
No surgery	Rising
BCS with radiation	Falling
BCS without radiation	Rising
Multiagent chemotherapy	Rising
Colorectal cancer treatment	Rising
LIFE AFTER CANCER
Survival
All cancers	Rising
Prostate	Rising
Female breast	Rising
Colorectal	Rising
Lung and bronchus	Rising
Costs of cancer care	N/A
END OF LIFE
Mortality
All cancers	Falling
White	Falling
Black	Falling
Hispanic	Falling
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	Falling
Asian/Pacific Islander	Falling
Prostate	Falling
Female breast	Falling
Colorectal	Falling
Lung and bronchus	Falling
Person-years of life lost	N/A

Source: National Cancer Institute

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