There is some good news in the war against cancer. A story on msn.com today, from a HealthDay News reporter, on a report released today by the American Cancer Society, says that U.S. cancer death rates have declined by 18.4 percent among men and 10.4 percent among women since the early 1990s.

However, the study showed that while the rate of cancer deaths decreased from 2004 to 2005, there was an increase in number of actual deaths (5,424) during the same time period.

The ACS says decreases in the cancer death rates can be attributed to more people quitting smoking, and an increase in regular screenings for colorectal, breast and cervical cancer – prevention, early detection and treatment.

However, the report also estimates that in 2008 approximately 1,437,180 new cancers will be diagnosed and 565,650 people will die of the disease. About one-quarter of all deaths from cancer in women in 2008 will be from lung cancer, and lung cancer is the leading killer in men over the age of 40 and women over age 60.

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