Cancer: Addressing the Cancer Burden

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• Alternative Title:
  Addressing the cancer burden ; Cancer at a glance 2010
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  "Every year, cancer kills more than half a million Americans. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, exceeded only by heart disease. According to pre-release data from United States Cancer Statistics: 2006 Incidence and Mortality, which tracks cancer incidence for about 96% of the U.S. population and mortality for the entire country, more than 559,000 Americans died of cancer and more than 1.37 million had a diagnosis of cancer in 2006. The financial costs of cancer are overwhelming. According to the National Institutes of Health, cancer cost the United States an estimated $228 billion in 2008." -p. 1
  
  "CS206284-Q"
  
  
• Subjects:
  Health Policy Neoplasms/economics Neoplasms/prevention & Control
• Series:
  CDC At A Glance
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.)
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  electronic; electronic resource; remote; 4 p. : digital, PDF file (3.43 MB)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:33cbcc18a1b2fb524f13ed0e284179656a853834029710fbbfa417e11378cf68cd17f6b12738722feb41a3fcfc558170689304861454332cda59263e2a5eb3ee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5652/cdc_5652_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.43 MB ]