A recent study published in JAMA Oncology focusing on mortality from breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer indicates that cancer prevention and screening significantly contributes to reductions in death among these 5 cancer types. According to Dr. Katrina Goddard, co-lead investigator for the study, "8 out of 10 deaths from these five cancers were averted over the past 45 years due to advances in prevention and screening." Further, the study, looking at cancer mortality over 45 years (1975-2020) states that 5.94 million deaths were averted...[where] "prevention and screening interventions accounted for 4.75 million, or 80% of the averted deaths."
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