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  2. List of cancer mortality rates in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States during 2013–2017, the age-adjusted mortality rate for all types of cancer was 189.5/100,000 for males, and 135.7/100,000 for females. [1] Below is an incomplete list of age-adjusted mortality rates for different types of cancer in the United States from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program.

  3. Prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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    Prostate cancer is the second-most frequently diagnosed cancer in men, and the second-most frequent cause of cancer death in men (after lung cancer). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Around 1.2 million new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed each year, and over 350,000 people die of the disease, annually. [ 2 ]

  4. Cancer survival rates - Wikipedia

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    The American Cancer Society reports 5-year relative survival rates of over 70% for women with stage 0-III breast cancer with a 5-year relative survival rate close to 100% for women with stage 0 or stage I breast cancer. The 5-year relative survival rate drops to 22% for women with stage IV breast cancer. [3] In cancer types with high survival ...

  5. Lutetium (177Lu) vipivotide tetraxetan - Wikipedia

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    Lutetium (177 Lu) vipivotide tetraxetan, sold under the brand name Pluvicto, is a radiopharmaceutical medication used for the treatment of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). [5] [6] Lutetium (177 Lu) vipivotide tetraxetan is a targeted radioligand therapy. [6] [8]

  6. List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy

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    The life expectancy in some states has fallen in recent years; for example, Maine's life expectancy in 2010 was 79.1 years, and in 2018 it was 78.7 years. The Washington Post noted in November 2018 that overall life expectancy in the United States was declining although in 2018 life expectancy had a slight increase of 0.1 and bringing it to ...

  7. Cancer diagnoses could reach record high in 2024. Here ... - AOL

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    In 2020, there were over 450,000 new cancer cases associated with alcohol consumption, according to the CDC. Health experts advise there is no safe amount of alcohol for humans to consume.

  8. Enzalutamide - Wikipedia

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    Enzalutamide, sold under the brand name Xtandi, is a nonsteroidal antiandrogen (NSAA) medication which is used in the treatment of prostate cancer. [2] [9] It is indicated for use in conjunction with castration in the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), [2] nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, [2] and metastatic castration-sensitive prostate ...

  9. Five-year survival rate - Wikipedia

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    Five-year survival rates can be used to compare the effectiveness of treatments. Use of five-year survival statistics is more useful in aggressive diseases that have a shorter life expectancy following diagnosis, such as lung cancer, and less useful in cases with a long life expectancy, such as prostate cancer.