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Number of U.S. cancer survivors set to reach 18 million in a decade
The number of people in the United States who have survived cancer is set to reach nearly 18 million in the next decade, up from 13.7 million currently, said a US study out Thursday. The number of survivors is growing because of better treatments and an ageing and expanding population,…
Deaths from cancer in U.S. continue to fall
WASHINGTON — Cancer deaths in the United States continued to decline over the past decade, said a yearly report on US cancer statistics released Wednesday. Trends in death rates from cancer declined an average of 1.7 percent per year among men and 1.3 percent among women and children from 1998…
California bans under-age tanning and public guns
LOS ANGELES — California governor Jerry Brown won praise Monday for banning under 18s from using tanning beds, the first US state to do so to protect minors from increased skin cancer risks. The move was approved amid a slew of new state laws, including one that bans people from…
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