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Americans, alive today, whc have been cured of cancer... An additional 700,000 cancer patients diagnosed and treated within the last five years will live to enter the ranks of those we call cured. This means that there are actually 2,000,000 Americans cured of cancer, although 700,000 will not be formally counted as cured until they\have completed the five years.” Several other!significant changes are noted in the 1965 issue of “Cancer Facts and Figures." Deaths from lung cancer have increased; it is now the leading cause of death from cancer. The Society estimates that there will be 47,000 deaths from lung cancer in 1965. Seventy-five per cent of these could be avoided if people did not smoke cigarettes. It is estimated that 52,000 will develop lung cancer in 1965. The Society estimates that there will be about 43,000 deaths from cancer of the colon and rectum in 1965, an increase of 1,000 over 1964 deaths. Many of these deaths will be unnecessary. A proctoscopic examination once a year and prompt treatment could save three out of four of the 73,000 who will develop cancer of the colon and rectum in 1965.
Except for cancer ot the lung and pancreas, and leukemia, cancer death rates in general are leveling off and in some cases going down. While the increase in lung cancer is largely attributed to smoking, the reason for the increase in cancer of the pancreas and leukemia are unknown. "Cancer Facts and Figures” points out that in the case of leukemia
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