I saw a news article on Yahoo this week that stated for the 2nd year in a row, cancer deaths have declined. The American Cancer Society determined that cancer deaths dropped after a review of death certificates. The difference was 3,014 - 553,888 in 2004, down from 556,902 in 2003.
Obviously, we’d all like to think this is a trend that will continue, but how do you differentiate between a trend, and a fluke? People are taking better care of themselves, and earlier detection, more women getting mammograms, and less people smoking all add up to more survivors of cancer.
Let’s hope this is something that will continue to drop.
