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New Data Offers Hope as Five-Year Cancer Survival Hits 70 Percent
The American Cancer Society reports about 18 million cancer survivors in the U.S. with a historic 70% five-year survival rate driven by research and early detection.
- Tuesday the American Cancer Society released findings showing the five‑year survival rate reached 70% for people diagnosed 2015–2021 in the United States, published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
- Experts attributed the gains to earlier detection, targeted therapies and immunotherapies, plus tobacco use decline from 44% to 11%, fueled by National Cancer Act research investment.
- Data show multiple myeloma five-year survival nearly doubled to 62%, metastatic cancer survival rose to 35%, and there are now 18 million cancer survivors in the U.S.
- Authors warned that cuts to cancer research funding and reduced insurance access could reverse progress, while the report projects more than two million new diagnoses and over 625,000 deaths this year.
- Disparities remain as American Indian and Alaska Native populations face highest cancer mortality, Black Americans have higher death rates, screening gaps persist at about 18%, and colorectal cancer rises in people aged 45–49, prompting calls for expanded screening and survivorship support programs.
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