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NATURE REVIEWS CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 10, Pages 631-649Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41571-020-0378-y
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- Intramural Research Department of the American Cancer Society
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The cancer landscape of the USA is continually evolving owing to changing risk factor patterns and disease classifications, improvements in detection and treatment, and demographic changes, such as ageing and population growth. Monitoring the burden of cancer, including incidence and mortality, is a key tool for assessing progress, identifying emerging trends and setting priorities to reduce the burden. In this Perspective, we describe trends in cancer incidence and mortality in the USA overall, and for major cancer types, and describe the main contributing factors, including risk factors, screening, treatment and access to care. When relevant, we provide information based on sex and common classifications of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and geographical region. We then discuss the implications of the patterns of cancer incidence and mortality for cancer research, prevention and care. Monitoring both cancer incidence and death rates is important for guiding health policy and the direction of future research. In this Perspective, the authors describe changes in cancer incidence and death rates in the USA, highlighting the effects of specific policies and research developments, and providing insight into unmet needs that should be addressed by future health policies.
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