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Cancer Trends Progress Report – 2009/2010 Update

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The Cancer Trends Progress Report, first issued in 2001 as the Cancer Progress Report, summarizes our nation's progress against cancer in relation to Healthy People 2010 targets set forth by the Department of Health and Human Services. The report includes key measures of progress along the cancer control continuum and uses
national trend data to illustrate where advances have been made.

Report Highlights
Introduction
 
Prevention
Tobacco, Physical activity,
Diet, Sun, Environment
 
Early Detection
Breast, cervical, colorectal
cancer screening
 
Diagnosis
Incidence
Stage at diagnosis
 
Trends-at-a-Glance
Summary Tables
 
Treatment
Bladder, breast, colorectal, kidney,
lung, ovarian, prostate cancer treatment
 
Life After Cancer
Costs of cancer care, Survival,
Cancer survivors and smoking
 
End of Life
Mortality
Person-years of life lost
 

The report, available only online, can be printed in part or in its entirety. Portions of the report are updated annually, while other sections are updated as new data become available. The full report is updated every two years.

Suggested Citation: Cancer Trends Progress Report – 2009/2010 Update, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, April 2010, http://progressreport.cancer.gov.

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