Report: Overall cancer deaths continue to decline

Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. Cancer death rates decreased an average 1.8% per year in men, 1.4% per year in women and 1.6% per year in children between 2010 and 2014. Death rates decreased for lung, prostate and colorectal cancers in men and for lung, breast and colorectal cancers in women, and increased for liver, pancreas and brain cancers in men and for uterine and liver cancer in women, among other changes. The annual report is produced by the American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute, and North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.