There is good news and bad news on the front of the cancer war. Overall, cancer mortality rates are decreasing. Doctors are developing better treatments for many cancers, and several of the most common cancers are decreasing, especially lung cancer in white males. That's the good news.
Bad news comes in two forms.
People who survive cancer treatments are still alive, which is good, but their health and happiness has been compromised significantly, especially for children suffering from childhood cancers. Their lives will rarely be fully recovered. The other piece of bad news is that some cancers continue to increase in frequency. And increasingly science points to the fact that only genetic factors cause only a small percentage of cancers. Human epidemiological studies implicate several endocrine-disrupting compounds as risk factors for various cancers.