Overall cancer death rates decline

Annabelle41415
Annabelle41415 Member Posts: 6,742 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hope this link works. Sorry guru guys still can't figure out the links. They mentioned colorectal cancer in this article so that is hopeful.

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/cancer/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100283000

Comments

  • Nana b
    Nana b Member Posts: 3,030 Member
    #2
    I heard that on the news
    I heard that on the news last night. Words like that are always promising. On the local news I heard 25% decline on men since the 80's. A lot having a lot to do with the decline in lung cancer. 15% in women, breast and colon. 1,000, 000 more lives a year, saved since the 80's.
  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #3
    Nana b said:

    I heard that on the news
    I heard that on the news last night. Words like that are always promising. On the local news I heard 25% decline on men since the 80's. A lot having a lot to do with the decline in lung cancer. 15% in women, breast and colon. 1,000, 000 more lives a year, saved since the 80's.

    It might also be worth noting, that according to ASCO's
    ".....Top Advances in Cancer Treatment" for 2010, there is no mention of anything pertaining to CRC (medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/ProstateCancer/30384

    The earlier one gets Dxed, theoretically the better off one is......

    Read of one new Phase III trial starting in Australia, Eastern and Western Europe of something called HA-Irinotecan/HyACT by a company named Alchemia (reported 1/4 at marketwatch.com)......

    PS: apparently site name gets bleeped so i'll respell it like this but you ignore the spaces:mark
    et
    watch
  • jasminsaba
    jasminsaba Member Posts: 157 Member
    #4
    I also saw this on NBC news last night ...
    however, their physician commentator attributed the decline mostly to preventive and/or early diagnostic measures ... not a whole lot of relation to better, more effective treatments. Although, we all know that chemotherapy has come a long way since the day of 5FU alone for CRC.

Discussion Boards