553,400 AMERICANS WILL DIE FROM CANCER THIS YEAR.

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553,400 AMERICANS WILL DIE FROM CANCER THIS YEAR.

 

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553,400 AMERICANS WILL DIE THIS YEAR FROM CANCER.

 

Cancer is the second biggest cause of death in the United States,

after heart disease. The American Cancer Society predicted

553,400 people will die this year of cancer in the U.S.

 

24 percent of Americans smoke. About the same percentage

do not eat the recommended minimum of five servings of

FRUITS and VEGETABLES a day, which reduces the risk of

CANCER and HEART DISEASE.

 

Thursday January 4 5:24 PM ET

Group Says US Cancer Cases Will Surge Some in 2001

 

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cancer experts on Thursday

predicted a slight upswing in the number of cancer cases and

deaths in the United States in the coming year.

 

But while the American Cancer Society (news - web sites) predicted

1.27 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the United States

in 2001 -- compared to 1.22 million in 2000 -- the number may be

slightly misleading. Cancer rates have gone down for several years

in a row, but the U.S. population is growing, meaning more people

will get cancer even though rates are slowing.

 

Cancer is the second biggest cause of death in the United States,

AFTER HEART DISEASE. The American Cancer Society predicted

553,400 people will die this year of cancer, compared to 552,200 in

2000. But the good news was more people were expected to

survive their cancer. ``The five-year relative survival rate for all

cancers combined is 60 percent, an increase of 1 percent from

the report in 2000,'' the nonprofit group said in a statement.

 

Lung cancer remains the No. 1 cause of cancer death in the

United States with an estimated 157,400 deaths expected in 2001. The

annual report predicted 192,700 new cases of breast cancer in 2001,

with 40,000 deaths; 135,400 cases of colorectal cancer, with 56,700

deaths, and 198,100 cases of prostate cancer with 31,500 deaths.

 

The report highlighted recent findings that obesity increases the risk

for many kinds of cancer, including cancers of the breast,

endometrium (uterus), cervix, ovary, gall bladder, colon, and prostate.

 

It also stressed that two-thirds of cancer is caused by lifestyle

choices such as smoking and diet, and that many people are failing

to act on this knowledge.

 

The report pointed out that 24 percent of Americans smoke. About the

same percentage do not eat the recommended minimum of five servings

of FRUITS and VEGETABLES a day, which REDUCES THE RISK

OF CANCER AND HEART DISEASE.

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The result is expensive.

 

``The National Institutes of Health estimate for overall cost of cancer

in the year 2000 is at an all time high of $180.2 billion (U.S.

dollars),'' the report said.

 

Source of the Report :

http://dailynews./h/nm/20010104/sc/health_cancer_dc_1.html

 

References :

 

Some important , useful plant food web sites include but not limited to

:

 

http://www.pcrm.org

http://www.cancer.org

http://www.farmusa.org

http://www.vrg.org

http://www.meatstinks.com

http://www.ivu.org

http://www.vegsoc.org

http://www.vegetarian.about.com

http://www.vegetariancentral.org

http://www.vegsource.org

http://www.vegan.org

http://www.veganoutreach.org

http://www.factoryfarming.com

http://www.chickpages.com

http://www.leafy-greens.org

http://www.5aday.com

http://www.cspinet.org

http://www.worldwatch.org

 

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