Reduce the number of new cancer cases as well as the illness, disability, and death caused by cancer.
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States.
These estimates did not include most skin cancers, and new cases of skin cancer are estimated to exceed 1 million per year. One-half of new cases of cancer occur in people aged 65 years and over. About 491,400 Americans who get cancer in a given year, or 4 in 10 patients, are expected to be alive 5 years after diagnosis. This rate means that the chance of a person recently diagnosed with cancer being alive in 5 years is 60 percent of the chance of someone not diagnosed with cancer. Recommended Objectives 3-11.