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  2. Cancer survival rates - Wikipedia

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    In males, researchers suggest that the overall reduction in cancer death rates is due in large part to a reduction in tobacco use over the last half century, estimating that the reduction in lung cancer caused by tobacco smoking accounts for about 40% of the overall reduction in cancer death rates in men and is responsible for preventing at least 146,000 lung cancer deaths in men during the ...

  3. Active surveillance of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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    The National Comprehensive Cancer Center Guidelines recommend active surveillance as the preferred management option for men with very low risk disease and a life expectancy below 20 years, and those with low risk disease and a life expectancy below 10 years; and an option for those with low risk disease and a life expectancy of 10 years or ...

  4. 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.

  5. Death clock calculator - Wikipedia

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    Some media outlets and websites misrepresented the intent of life2vec by calling it a death clock calculator, [6] leading to confusion and speculation about the capabilities of the algorithm. [7] This misinterpretation has also led to fraudulent calculators pretending to use AI-based predictions, often promoted by scammers to deceive users.

  6. 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.

  7. 'Inequities are still the major driver': Prostate cancer and ...

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    The city's life expectancy is just under 65 years— over 13 years below the state average. Prostate cancer in Petersburg : Disproportionate and disproportionately deadly

  8. Charlson Comorbidity Index - Wikipedia

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    For a physician, this score is helpful in deciding how aggressively to treat a condition. For example, a patient may have cancer with comorbid heart disease and diabetes. These comorbidities may be so severe that the costs and risks of cancer treatment would outweigh its short-term benefit.

  9. Cancer rates in men will increase by a whopping 84% ... - AOL

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    Cancer rates in men are projected to jump by 84 percent from 2022 to 2050, while cancer deaths are expected to increase by 93.2 percent over the same time frame, according to the peer-reviewed study.