Ahmedin Jemal|Limin X. Clegg|Elizabeth M. Ward|Lynn A. G. Ries|Xiao?Cheng Wu|Patricia M. Jamison|Phyllis A. Wingo|Holly L. Howe|Robert N. Anderson|Brenda K. Edwards
Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1975–2001, with a special feature regarding survival
American Cancer Society|National Cancer Institute|American Cancer Society|National Cancer Institute|Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans|North American Association of Central Cancer Registries|National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|North American Association of Central Cancer Registries|National Center for Health Statistics|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|National Cancer Institute
abstract background american cancer society acs centers disease control prevention cdc national cancer institute nci north american association central cancer registries naaccr collaborate annually provide updated information regarding cancer occurrence trends us years report features special section cancer survival methods information concerning cancer cases obtained nci cdc naaccr information concerning recorded cancer deaths obtained cdc authors evaluated trends ageadjusted cancer incidence death rates regression models described compared survival rates time across racialethnic populations results incidence rates cancers combined decreased 1991 2001 stabilized 1995 2001 adjusted delay reporting incidence rates female lung cancer decreased although statistically significant delay adjusted mortality leveled first time increasing many decades colorectal cancer incidence rates also decreased death rates decreased cancers combined 11 per year since 1993 many top 15 cancers occurring men women 5year relative survival rates improved cancers combined cancers 2 diagnostic periods 19751979 19952000 however cancerspecific survival rates lower risk dying cancer diagnosed higher minority populations compared white population relative risk death cancers combined racial ethnic population compared nonhispanic white men women ranged 116 hispanic white men 169 american indianalaska native men exception asianpacific islander women whose risk 101 similar nonhispanic white women conclusions continued measurable declines overall cancer death rates many top 15 cancers along improved survival rates reflect progress prevention early detection treatment cancer however racial ethnic disparities survival risk death cancer geographic variation stage distributions suggest segments us population benefited equally advances cancer 2004 published 2004 american cancer society