The good news : the mortality rate of cancer decreases, but not for everyone

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Published the 05.01.2018 at 14: 20

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2.4 million deaths in less between 1991 and 2015 in the United States. In this country, is a source of many therapeutic innovations in recent years, the mortality rate of cancer is declining, if we can believe an annual report of the American Cancer Society. Between 2014 and 2015, this rate has continued to decline, by 1.7%. According to the researchers, this decrease is due to better detection of disease, improved treatments, but also to the positive effects of stopping smoking.

Differences according to the cancer

The decrease in the mortality rate varies depending on the type of cancer. For breast cancer, this decrease reaches 39% between 1989 and 2015, for the prostate, it comes to 52% between 1993 and 2015, and for colorectal cancer, 52% between 1970 and 2015.
The death rate due to lung cancer decreased by 45% between 1990 and 2015 for men. For women, the decline has been investigated between 2002 and 2015, and it accounts for 19% of deaths in less.

Differences between men and women

A cancer-related death in four is due to cancer of the lung. Prostate for men, breast for women, colorectal cancer and cancer of the lung in the 2 sexes, are those who kill the most. The decrease in the rate of cancer mortality is, however, higher among men than women. She fell for them 32% since 1990 compared to 23% since 1991 for women.
According to this study, there will be in the United States in 2018, 1 735 350 new cases of cancers. 42% of them will be prostate cancers.

A similar trend in France

A report of Public Health France has to prepare a balance sheet similar in our country. Among the key lessons, the lung cancer is poised to become the 1st cause of mortality among women, before breast cancer, however, is more common. This demonstrates the benefit of early detection of breast cancer and its treatment in France. This especially highlights the obvious failure of public health policies designed to decrease tobacco use in France, in particular, with women.

This study shows that the efforts of the cancer detection have paid in the United States. “We Note, in particular, the impact of the fight against smoking,” says Otis W. Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society. “The declining consumption of cigarettes is one of the most important factors in reducing the mortality rate of cancer.”