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A Midpoint Assessment of the American Cancer Society Challenge Goal to Decrease Cancer Incidence by 25% Between 1992 and 2015

Year: 2007
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In 1998, the American Cancer Society (ACS) set a challenge goal for the nation to reduce cancer incidence by 25% over the period between 1992 and 2015. This report examines the trends in cancer incidence between 1992 and 2004. Trends were calculated using data on incident malignant cancer cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Registry. Delay-adjusted incidence trends for all cancer sites; all cancer sites without prostate cancer included; all cancer sites stratified by gender, age, and race; and for 20 selected cancer sites are presented. Over the first half of the ACS challenge period, overall cancer incidence rates have declined by about 0.6% per year. The greatest overall declines were observed among men and among those aged 65 years and older. The pace of incidence reduction over the first half of the ACS challenge period was only half that necessary to put us on target to achieve the 25% cancer incidence reduction goal in 2015. New understandings of preventable factors are needed, and new efforts are also needed to better act on our current knowledge about how we can prevent cancer, especially by continuing to reduce tobacco use and beginning to reverse the epidemic of obesity.
DOI: 10.3322/ca.57.6.326
Authors: R. L. Sedjo, T. Byers, E. Barrera, C. Cohen, E. T. H. Fontham, L. A. Newman, C. D. Runowicz, A. G. Thorson, M. J. Thun, E. Ward, R. C. Wender, H. J. Eyre
Institutions: University of Colorado Health, University of Colorado Anschutz, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Glenbrook Hospital, Northwestern University, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, University of Michigan, Eversource Energy (United States), UConn Health, Creighton University, University of Nebraska Medical Center, American Cancer Society, Thomas Jefferson University
Language: English
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $4,330
Funders: University of Southern California, Creighton University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Thomas Jefferson University, University of Alabama, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
OpenAlex ID: W2017609807
FWCI: 2.113
Cites: 91
Cited by: 34
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