650,000 cancer deaths avoided over 15 years: U.S. report

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 11:28 in Health & Medicine

The number of Americans dying from cancer fell in 2006, continuing a slow 15-year downward trend attributed to declining smoking rates among men, earlier detection and improved treatments, according to a report released Wednesday.

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