The cancer rate is dropping. Er... That's misleading. The rate has been dropping for some time. By which, I mean, the percentage of the population that dies due to cancer is going down, but because of the general population increase, the actual numbers have continued to rise. Well, not anymore. 2006 was the second year in a row that the actual numbers have gone down. Fewer people died of cancer in 2006 than did in 2005 and fewer in 2005 than 2004. That's saying something.
"Why?" you ask?
Experts are attributing the success to declines in smoking and to earlier detection and more effective treatment of tumors. Those have caused a fall in the death rates for breast, prostate and colorectal cancer — three of the most common cancers. [emphasis mine]
Take that Phil and R.J.
Now if we can just get a law passed putting those guys out of business.
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