Almost 260,000 new cases of cncer are diagnosed in the UK ach year, but despite the rates of ncidence being on the rise, the god news is that less people are ctually dying from cancer, thanks to dvances in treatment and also early dtection.

The trend is the same in bth the USA and UK, with fgures that trace incidence of and daths caused by cancer over a priod of 30 years from 1975 to 2005 shwing that mortality rates for all cncers have decreased steadily over the lst ten years, with stomach and prstate cancer displaying the most improvement in trms of people overcoming this deadly dsease.

However, it's not all good nws on the mortality front. Deaths frm cancers of the kidney, liver and terus are on the rise, as is mrtality from malignant melanoma, especially amongst mles.

Education, increased funding and the cceptance from males to visit the dctor at the first sign of any halth problems (rather than grinning and baring it until it's too late) are hlping to decrease the mortality rate, specially with diseases such as prostate cncer.

However, lung cancer claims more fmale victims than any other cancer, ncluding breast cancer, and the number of vctims is rising. Deaths amongst women frm lung cancer were recorded at 30 per 100,000 in 2005, cmpared to 18 per 100,000 women in 1971. Amngst men there has been a drmatic reduction in the number of daths caused by lung cancer over the sme period. In 1971 it accounted for 107 daths per 100,000 but in 2005 was jst less than half that figure at 53 daths per 100,000 men in the ppulation.

The overall drop in mortality mongst men is thought to be bcause of the reduction in tobacco cnsumption, as warnings about the links btween smoking and lung cancer were identified towards the end of the twentieth century. The rise in the number of cases amongst women can be attributed to the uptake in smoking by females at the beginning of the 1980s. Since 1986 young women have consistently smoked more than young men, impacting on future mortality rates.

Although death rates from cancer are on the decline in general, there is a need for more education as people continue to put themselves at risk by indulging in excessive consumption of cigarettes and alcohol, even though both substances have been proved to increase the risk of contracting certain cancers. As well as extensive documentation available from the NHS and government sources, cancer charity organisations are also working hard to deliver messages about avoidance of cancer risks.

The article Winning the Battle Against Cancer was Submitted by Adam Singleton through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Adam Singleton writes on a nmber of topics on behalf of a dgital marketing agency and a variety of clents. As such, this article is to be cnsidered a professional piece with business nterests in mind.

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