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RE: Annual Report Shows Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Death Rate s; Cancer Burden is Expected to Rise with an Aging Population
The SEER web site http://seer.cancer.gov/about/ is an
excellent source of information on cancer including the
probability developing or dying from cancer
http://srab.cancer.gov/devcan/canques.html
Bill Field
College of Public Health
University of Iowa
bill-field@uiowa.edu
> Jerry and Floyd
> I think the issue is not that they are saying there will be increase in
> cancer risks. Rather, there will be more cancers and the more people live
> into their eighty's. The Baby Boomers represent a large proportion of the
> population. As they die off, the total number of cancers will decrease.
>
> -- John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Flanigan, Floyd [mailto:Floyd.Flanigan@fernald.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:22 AM
> To: 'Jerry Cohen'; Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); RadSafe
> Subject: RE: Annual Report Shows Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Death
> Rate s; Cancer Burden is Expected to Rise with an Aging Population
>
>
> The amazing thing is , Jerry, that the longer you live the more likely it is
> that you have less time left to live! Statistics are so much fun! I am in
> total agreement with you on this one. Going to the time and expense of this
> study I would have expected something more in the arena of discovery. Let's
> see if we can save them some money by avoiding future fruitless studies.....
> The longer you spend standing in traffic the more likely you are going to
> get hit by a car..... The longer you spend swimming in the ocean the greater
> the likelihood you will be bitten by a shark.... With every hour spent
> driving in L.A. the odds of being in an accident increase.... Maybe we
> should get together and see if we could get a grant to do a study on common
> sense?
> Floyd
> Just my opinion.I could be wrong.It wouldn't be the first time.....It would
> be the second.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:05 PM
> To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); RadSafe
> Subject: Re: Annual Report Shows Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Death
> Rates; Cancer Burden is Expected to Rise with an Aging Population
>
>
> Maybe I missed something, but I don't get the point of this report.
> It has long been recognized that the cancer rate increases with the age of
> the population,
> i.e. the longer you live, the greater the probability that you will die of
> cancer.
> So, what else is new?
> The only guidance in the report seems to be: " These data highlight the
> need for the rapid, full application of all we know about prevention,
> screening, and treatment of cancer."
> What a radical idea! However, given enough time, we might have been able to
> figure that out by ourselves.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS) <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>
> To: RadSafe <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 8:40 AM
> Subject: Annual Report Shows Overall Decline in U.S. Cancer Death Rates;
> Cancer Burden is Expected to Rise with an Aging Population
>
>
>
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