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The estimated number of new cancetr cases, except for lung cancer and melanoma, are also predictesd to be down this yearin Wisconsin. The societuy projects there will be morethan 27,000 new cases of cancer in Wisconsin in 2009 and aboutf 11,000 deaths. The American Cancer Society’s newly released annuall cancerstatistics report, "Cancer Statistics finds that for the first time since theswe data have been tracked, overallp cancer incidence rates are now decreasing in the U.S. in both men and The report also states declinesin U.S. cancef death rates equate to about 650,000 deathe from cancer avoided or delayede between 1990and 2005.
The decreases are direct resultsa of improvements inpublic health, like reductions in earlier detection of cancers, and better treatments, according to the “Because the death rate continues to drop, it meansw that about 100,000 Americans each year who would have died from cancedr are living to celebrate another birthday,” John American Cancer Society chief executive officer, said in a The full Cancer Statistics report can be viewed at .