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Fewer people in the U.S. are dying from cancer now than in the past, mainly because fewer people smoke, cancer is caught earlier, and treatments have gotten better.

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Cancer statistics, 2025

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2025 Jan-Feb

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Cancer statistics, 2025

Score: 39
DOI: 10.3322/caac.21871

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