Breast cancer has become less lethal in America
Not all public-health news is doom and gloom
October is breast cancer awareness month, and thankfully it seems quite a few Americans are aware of it. Mortality from breast cancer has dropped by 43% over the past 30 years, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society (acs). This is largely thanks to earlier detection and better treatments. All told, the improvement adds up to 460,000 lives saved over the past three decades.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Nipped in the bud”
United States October 15th 2022
- Georgia’s races suggest good candidates can beat partisan reflexes
- The Supreme Court ponders animal welfare
- Why Republicans are gaining ground in midterm polls
- 20,000 asylum seekers are putting New York values to the test
- Breast cancer has become less lethal in America
- California’s inflation-relief payouts are a bad idea
- Leaked audio from LA’s city council holds a warning for Democrats
- Of course the Supreme Court has been politicised
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