Q: Are we making much headway against cancer?
A: The answer is clearly yes, but with qualifications. First, the good news. According to the statistics published by the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, and the American Cancer Society, the death rates from all cancers combined have decreased in both men and women and in most racial and ethnic groups. These advances were primarily driven by reductions in the death rates... Continue reading >>
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Oncology
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General Internal Medicine
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Medical Oncology, Breast and Gynecological Cancers
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Cardiology
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Cardiology
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General Pediatrics
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Women's Health, Disease Prevention
Professor of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Walter C. Willett, M.D.
Nutrition
Chairman, Department of Nutrition and Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
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