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Cigarettes account for slightly under half of smoking-related cancer deaths

Posted on: 15/06/2015 - 16:00

Of the nearly 346,000 U.S. deaths caused by smoking-related cancers in 2011, about 48.5% were attributable to cigarette smoking, according to a research letter published online June 15 in JAMA...

Field of Interest: Oncology

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False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 21:00

False-positive mammograms in women aged 40-59 years cost an estimated $2.8 billion per year in the United States in 2012-2013, according to a report p... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 21:00

False-positive mammograms in women aged 40-59 years cost an estimated $2.8 billion per year in the United States in 2012-2013, according to a report p... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Death rates rising for liver cancer, falling for colorectal cancer

Posted on: 24/02/2015 - 16:58

Death rates for liver cancer have been rising for some time among both men and women, while rates of colon and rectal cancer continue to decline from ... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Death rates rising for liver cancer, falling for colorectal cancer

Posted on: 24/02/2015 - 16:58

Death rates for liver cancer have been rising for some time among both men and women, while rates of colon and rectal cancer continue to decline from ... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Cancer mortality lowest in western United States

Posted on: 15/02/2015 - 21:29

Utah will have the lowest cancer mortality rate in the United States in 2015, according to a report from the American Cancer Society. While 11 states... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Melanoma incidence highest in Oregon, lowest in Texas in 2015

Posted on: 13/02/2015 - 15:20

Projections for the number of new melanoma cases in 2015 give Texas the lowest estimated incidence and Oregon the highest, according to a report from ... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

North America has highest rate of obesity-related cancers

Posted on: 11/12/2014 - 21:08

For those cancers in which risk is associated with high body mass index, North America has the highest percentage of cancer incidence attributable to obesity, according to a population-based study in...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Skin cancer treatment costs skyrocket over past decade

Posted on: 12/11/2014 - 14:13

The average annual cost for skin cancer treatment more than doubled from 2002 to 2011, a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. From 2002 to 2006, the average annual skin...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Cancer survivors have higher medical costs

Posted on: 12/06/2014 - 18:15

Average annual medical expenses for male cancer survivors were more than double those of men with no history of cancer in 2008-2011, while expenditures for female cancer survivors were 64% higher...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Cigarettes account for slightly under half of smoking-related cancer deaths

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

False-positive mammograms cost $2.8 billion a year

Death rates rising for liver cancer, falling for colorectal cancer

Death rates rising for liver cancer, falling for colorectal cancer

Cancer mortality lowest in western United States

Melanoma incidence highest in Oregon, lowest in Texas in 2015

North America has highest rate of obesity-related cancers

Skin cancer treatment costs skyrocket over past decade

Cancer survivors have higher medical costs

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