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Re:U.S. Cancer Death Rate Has Dropped by a Third Since 1991 by lm28469 on Friday January 13, 2023 @06:27AM (#34366391)
I'm not so sure, cancers seem to be mostly due to environment/lifestyle [0]. Diet is a big factor and it definitely got worse since the 70s

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2515569/

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Re:U.S. Cancer Death Rate Has Dropped by a Third Since 1991 by zw7 on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:24PM (#34372601)
I'm not arguing that they don't, but the fact is

- the American Cancer Society didn't start promoting cervical cancer screening until the 1960s [1] - mammography was first recommended officialy in 1976 [1]

Screening was just coming of age 50 years ago so it's no surprise we started to find something once we started looking for it.

[1]: https://www.cancer.org/treatment/understanding-your-diagnosi...

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