Cancer Statistics, 2004
@article{Jemal2004CancerS2, title={Cancer Statistics, 2004}, author={A. Jemal and R. Tiwari and Taylor Murray and A. Ghafoor and Alicia Samuels and E. Ward and E. Feuer and M. Thun}, journal={CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians}, year={2004}, volume={54} }
Each year, the American Cancer Society estimates the number 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 rates based on incidence data from the National Cancer Institute and mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Incidence and mortality rates are age standardized to the 2000 US standard million population. A total of 1,368,030 new cancer cases and 563,700… CONTINUE READING
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