Progress Against Cancer Mortality 50 Years After Passage of the National Cancer Act

Tyler B Kratzer; Rebecca L Siegel; Kimberly D Miller; Hyuna Sung; Farhad Islami; Ahmedin Jemal

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5668

Progress Against Cancer Mortality 50 Years After Passage of the National Cancer Act

JAMA Oncol. 2022 Jan 1;8(1):156-159. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5668.

Authors

Tyler B Kratzer¹, Rebecca L Siegel¹, Kimberly D Miller¹, Hyuna Sung¹, Farhad Islami¹, Ahmedin Jemal¹

Affiliation

¹ Surveillance & Health Equity Science Department, American Cancer Society, Kennesaw, Georgia.

Abstract

This cohort study compares current cancer mortality with that in 1971, 50 years after the National Cancer Act designated defeating cancer a national priority and allocated substantial resources to the National Cancer Institute.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Neoplasms*