Global cancer mortality rates
are declining steadily thanks to awareness campaigns and
improvements in therapy, the American Cancer Society said in its
annual report released on Thursday.
Over the past decade, cancer mortality rates have fallen by
1.8% annually for men, and 1.4% annually for women, the
association said. Cancer death rates overall have fallen 23%
since 1991.
However, cancer diagnoses have risen in industrialised
countries over the last 20 years.
"Oncology is one of the challenges of the future. Winning
it is possible through prevention, lifestyles and new drugs,"
the president of Italian pharmaceuticals agency Aifa Mario
Melazzini said.
The Italian association of dietetics and nutrition said
many cancers can be prevented by maintaining a healthy diet and
weight and by doing regular physical exercise.
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