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To update national estimates of cancer incidence and mortality for the 15 most common cancers across major racial and ethnic populations and evaluate population-based trends in cancer care.

October 4, 2005JNCI Journal of the National Cancer InstituteOpen Access

Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2002, Featuring Population-Based Trends in Cancer Treatment

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BEBrenda K. EdwardsEye Care Associates MBMartin L. BrownCambridge Reactor Design (United Kingdom)PWPhyllis A. WingoUniversidad Mayor

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Population-based surveillance study finds declining overall cancer mortality alongside treatment disparities in the United States, highlighting unequal adoption of guideline-based care.

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To update national estimates of cancer incidence and mortality for the 15 most common cancers across major racial and ethnic populations and evaluate population-based trends in cancer care.
Gathered cancer incidence and mortality data from CDC, NCI, and NAACCR registries, calculating age-adjusted rates standardized to the 2000 U.S. population.
Estimated annual percent changes in rates and temporal trends using linear regression and joinpoint regression models.
Assessed cancer treatment patterns using SEER Program registries, SEER-Medicare linked records, and NCI Patterns of Care and Quality of Care studies.
Overall cancer mortality for men and women combined decreased by 1.1% annually from 1993 through 2002, with declines observed across many of the 15 most common cancers.
Overall cancer incidence remained stable in men from 1995 through 2002, whereas incidence in women increased by 0.3% annually from 1987 through 2002, although female lung cancer incidence stabilized between 1998 and 2002.
Contemporary cancer care increasingly aligned with evidence-based treatment guidelines, yet substantial disparities persisted across racial, geographic, economic, and age cohorts.

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Edwards et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bc36eea84844e355ee93c https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/dji289

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Population-based surveillance study finds declining overall cancer mortality alongside treatment disparities in the United States, highlighting unequal adoption of guideline-based care.

Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2002, Featuring Population-Based Trends in Cancer Treatment

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Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2002, Featuring Population-Based Trends in Cancer Treatment

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