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Rise in global cancer rates

November 12, 2010 |  21 comments
Image Credit: sxc.hu A recent article from Self magazine about cancer concerns answered questions from their readers about the increase in concern of rising cancer rates and if these concerns were legit. According to the article Michael Thun, M.D., an epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, reported no increase in cancers but a decrease in incidents and deaths.

After looking at the cancer rate statistics from 2009-2010 shown on the American Cancer Society website, the numbers seem to show a different story. When answering the question, “How many people are expected to die of cancer this year?”, the 2009-2010 reports show an increase from 562,340 to 569,490.

Also when you look specifically at the types of cancer Dr. Thun assured Self Magazine were on the decline, the numbers also show an increase from 2009-2010. Breast cancer rates show 194,280 in 2009 and in 2010 the new cases show a rise to 209,060. Brain, eye, ovarian, and uterine also show an increase in new cases. The stats mentioned above are the amount of “new cases” that doctors are seeing, where as the statistics reported by Dr. Thun are only talking about the cases of death related incidences of a few types of cancer.

This article is not directed as an attack on Dr. Thun but on the overall perception given by organizations and governments who either are not willing to look up the information that is being recorded in their own statistical sheets or to minimize the rising fears and concerns.

The cancers that affect children and the elderly should be of the most concern to the medical community as both of these age ranges have an increased amount of difficulty fighting back against cancer and surviving the horrendous treatments that are mostly still used by almost every major hospital or medical establishment. Of note, Leukemia does show new cases on the decline slightly so we will want to keep an eye on this statistic to see if these numbers continue to drop.

The only mentioned cancer that actually showed a decrease of new cases was colon cancer which seems to be related to the improvements in early detection. Deaths from cancers do seem to be on the decline overall due to better treatments but the new cases of these cancers are not overall declining. From the average American’s point of view though, we would like to also know why there is an increase in almost every single type of cancer that is recorded.

Most epidemiologists, and many other doctors in the field, are coming out to the public forefront and speaking about why they believe cancers are on the rise globally. To learn more about cancer, electromagnetic frequencies, and reasons why there could be an increased risk in your or your loved ones life from cancer please visit http://www.emfscience.com.[!gad]A recent article from Self magazine about cancer concerns answered questions from their readers about the increase in concern of rising cancer rates and if these concerns were legit. According to the article Michael Thun, M.D., an epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, reported no increase in cancers but a decrease in incidents and deaths.

After looking at the cancer rate statistics from 2009-2010 shown on the American Cancer Society website, the numbers seem to show a different story. When answering the question, “How many people are expected to die of cancer this year?”, the 2009-2010 reports show an increase from 562,340 to 569,490.

Also when you look specifically at the types of cancer Dr. Thun assured Self Magazine were on the decline, the numbers also show an increase from 2009-2010. Breast cancer rates show 194,280 in 2009 and in 2010 the new cases show a rise to 209,060. Brain, eye, ovarian, and uterine also show an increase in new cases. The stats mentioned above are the amount of “new cases” that doctors are seeing, where as the statistics reported by Dr. Thun are only talking about the cases of death related incidences of a few types of cancer.

This article is not directed as an attack on Dr. Thun but on the overall perception given by organizations and governments who either are not willing to look up the information that is being recorded in their own statistical sheets or to minimize the rising fears and concerns.

The cancers that affect children and the elderly should be of the most concern to the medical community as both of these age ranges have an increased amount of difficulty fighting back against cancer and surviving the horrendous treatments that are mostly still used by almost every major hospital or medical establishment. Of note, Leukemia does show new cases on the decline slightly so we will want to keep an eye on this statistic to see if these numbers continue to drop.

The only mentioned cancer that actually showed a decrease of new cases was colon cancer which seems to be related to the improvements in early detection. Deaths from cancers do seem to be on the decline overall due to better treatments but the new cases of these cancers are not overall declining. From the average American’s point of view though, we would like to also know why there is an increase in almost every single type of cancer that is recorded.

Most epidemiologists, and many other doctors in the field, are coming out to the public forefront and speaking about why they believe cancers are on the rise globally. To learn more about cancer, electromagnetic frequencies, and reasons why there could be an increased risk in your or your loved ones life from cancer please visit http://www.emfscience.com. Comments (21)

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