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As of 2009, the overall death rate for cancer in the United States had declined 20 percent from its peak in 1991, translating to the avoidance of approximately 1.2 million deaths from cancer, 152,900 of these in 2009 alone.
These figures come from the American Cancer Society’s annual Cancer Statistics report, one of the most widely-cited medical publications in the world.
Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the numbers of new cancer cases and deaths expected in the United States in the current year and compiles the most recent data on cancer incidence, mortality, and survival based on incidence data from the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
The data are disseminated in two reports, Cancer Facts & Figures 2013 and its companion article, Cancer Statistics 2013, published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
The latest report finds that cancer death rates decreased from their peak of 215.1 per 100,000 in 1991 to 173.1 per 100,000 in 2009.
Death rates continue to decline for all four major cancer sites: lung, colon and rectum (colorectum), breast, and prostate.
Over the past two decades, death rates have decreased from their peak by more than 30 percent for cancers of the colorectum, female breast, and male lung, and by more than 40 percent for prostate cancer.
These large drops are primarily due to reductions in smoking for lung cancer and to improvements in early detection and treatment for colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers.
The authors say as encouraging as those drops are, further progress can be accelerated by applying existing cancer control knowledge across all segments of the population, with an emphasis on those groups in the lowest socioeconomic bracket and other underserved populations.
According to the study, a total of 1,660,290 new cancer cases and 580,350 cancer deaths are projected to occur in the United States in 2013.
Among men, cancers of the prostate, lung and bronchus, and colorectum will account for half of all newly diagnosed cancers; prostate cancer alone will account for 28 percent (238,590) of incident cases in men.
Among women, the three most commonly diagnosed types of cancer in 2013 will be breast, lung and bronchus, and colorectum, accounting for about half of all cases. Breast cancer alone is expected to account for 29 percent (232,340) of all new cancer cases among women.
While incidence rates are declining for most cancer sites, they are increasing among both men and women for melanoma of the skin and cancers of the liver, thyroid, and pancreas.
Overall cancer incidence rates decreased slightly in males (by 0.6 percent per year) and were stable in females in the most recent five year period for which there is data (2005-2009).
Cancers of the lung and bronchus, prostate, and colorectum in men and cancers of the lung and bronchus, breast, and colorectum in women continue to be the most common causes of cancer death.
These four cancers account for almost half of the total cancer deaths among men and women. In 2013, lung cancer is expected to account for 26 percent of all female cancer deaths and 28 percent of all male cancer deaths.
Cancer death rates decreased by 1.8 percent per year in males and by 1.5 percent per year in females during the most recent five years of data (2005-2009). These declines have been consistent since 2001 and 2002 in men and women, respectively, and are larger in magnitude than those occurring in the previous decade.
Between 1990-1991 and 2009, cancer death rates decreased by 24 percent in men, 16 percent in women, and 20 percent overall.
“In 2009, Americans had a 20 percent lower risk of death from cancer than they did in 1991, a milestone that shows we truly are creating more birthdays,” said John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society. “But we must also recognize that not all demographic groups have benefitted equally from these gains, particularly those diagnosed with colorectal or breast cancer, where earlier detection and better treatments are credited for the improving trends. We can and must close this gap so that people are not punished for having the misfortune of being born poor and disadvantaged.”
Each year, Cancer Facts & Figures includes a special section, which in 2013 focuses on cancer of the pancreas.
A lack progress in primary prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of this cancer motivated the authors to address the disease in this year’s report. Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancer types.
Most pancreatic cancer patients will die within the first year of diagnosis, and just 6 percent will survive five years.
Over the past decade, pancreatic cancer death rates have been slowly increasing among US men and women, in contrast to the downward trend in rates for most other major cancer sites, such as lung, colorectum, female breast, and prostate.
The special section provides updated information on the occurrence and treatment of pancreatic cancer to inform researchers, cancer control advocates, policy makers, and others, and to help focus attention on this fatal cancer.
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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – A woman was flown to a regional trauma center Thursday night after she was involved in a vehicle collision near Upper Lake.
The two-vehicle crash occurred at about 7 p.m. at the junction of Highway 29 and Highway 20, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Northshore Fire Protection District firefighters responded to the scene along with the CHP.
The district reported that a woman driving one of the vehicles was flown by REACH air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with minor to moderate injuries.
A Northshore Fire ambulance transported a juvenile patient to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, the agency said.
Additional details about the causes of the crash and the parties involved were not immediately available.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A vehicle crash on Thursday evening resulted in the power being knocked out for some residents in the Kelseyville area, with repairs set to continue through the night.
A white SUV hit a power pole at Highway 29 and Live Oak Drive, near the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office, shortly after 5:30 p.m., the agency reported.
The pole was sheered off at the base and hanging – along with loose utility lines – over the roadway, the CHP reported.
Residents in the area reported their power went out after the crash. Pacific Gas and Electric spokesperson Jana Morris said the outage began at approximately 5:44 p.m. and affected 141 customers.
Due to the safety concerns resulting from the damaged pole and low hanging utility lines, the CHP reported that traffic was rerouted off of Highway 29 and down Main Street in Kelseyville.
Based on the CHP’s initial estimate, the highway was to be closed until about 4 a.m. Friday.
Morris said repairs are to continue through the night. Because the pole was broken, it needed to be replaced.
She said power to all of the affected customers is expected to be restored by 7 a.m. Friday.
Additional updates will be posted as they become available.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Two local men have been arrested in connection with an assault reported earlier this month.
Leonard Lee Warford, 45, of Lakeport and Raymond Dewey Larson, 44, of Kelseyville were taken into custody separately on charges including robbery and assault, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Brooks said that at 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, sheriff’s deputies responded to the 3500 block of Big Valley Road in Kelseyville for a report of an assault.
The victim reported being assaulted at his place of business by two males who Brooks said were later identified as Larson and Warford.
When deputies arrived they located the victim who had obvious injuries from the assault, Brooks said.
Brooks said the victim told deputies that the suspects entered his business and began beating him, which continued for approximately 10 minutes.
Both suspects were reported to have kicked and struck the victim with their fists as well as striking him with weapons before taking property from the victim’s business, according to Brooks. The men allegedly told the victim that if he reported the incident, he would be dead.
On Monday, Jan. 7, the investigating deputy arrested Warford for robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Brooks said Warford was transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked. His bail was set at $15,000, and jail records indicated that as of Thursday he was no longer in custody.
Brooks said deputies had not been able to locate Larson, who was believed to have fled the area after the incident.
An arrest warrant was issued for Larson for the amount of $100,000, charging him with robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, theft from a person, burglary and criminal threats, Brooks said.
On Wednesday, a detective with the Lake County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit developed information that Larson was in Sonoma County hiding from authorities, Brooks said. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office was contacted and provided with the information.
At 5 p.m. Wednesday the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office was able to locate and arrest Larson on the warrant. He was transported to the Sonoma County Jail and booked.
Lake County Jail records indicated that Larson was booked into that facility Thursday afternoon, with bail set at $100,000.
Jail records show that his court date is set for Jan. 21, with Warford’s set for March 19.