tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29955732.post1512967802821133524..comments2024-03-01T04:58:03.785-05:00Comments on Doctor Anonymous: Cancer rates fallingDr. Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05207266669522973903noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29955732.post-72806004136092259852007-10-16T19:29:00.000-04:002007-10-16T19:29:00.000-04:00Curmudgeon - Thanks for your question. I did some ...Curmudgeon - Thanks for your question. I did some searching around on the <A HREF="http://www.cancer.gov/" REL="nofollow">National Cancer Institute</A> site and found <A HREF="http://planning.cancer.gov/disease/Colorectal-Snapshot.pdf" REL="nofollow">this PDF file</A> for you - "Over the past decade, colorectal cancer incidence (meaning diagnosis) and mortality rates have modestly decreased or remained level." As far as all cancers, I couldn't find a <A HREF="http://www.cancer.gov/statistics/" REL="nofollow">good chart</A> on this. But I encourage you to check out the NCI site, it has a lot of great information.Dr. Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05207266669522973903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29955732.post-55546001804780661462007-10-16T18:51:00.000-04:002007-10-16T18:51:00.000-04:00Doc -- this might be good news. And I say that as...Doc -- this <I>might</I> be good news. And I say that as someone, you may recall, who's had a diagnosis of colon cancer just this year (and I'm in the good news category) --<BR/><BR/>Here's my question: It seems like everyone and their brother and sister and second cousin has cancer at the moment. I know part of it is my advancing age -- but, for cryin' out loud, I'm not <I>that</I> old.<BR/><BR/>And even if we assume that, as the population grows older the incidence of cancer will increase, doesn't it seem that cancer -- especially colon cancer and breast cancer -- seems to be increasing... exponentially?<BR/><BR/>What do the professionals say?The Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29955732.post-56112889011407480372007-10-15T10:09:00.000-04:002007-10-15T10:09:00.000-04:00This is indeed good news, particularly the colon c...This is indeed good news, particularly the colon cancer news. We really need to get more folks out for their colonoscopies.Margaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16555722791007332247noreply@blogger.com