Cancer deaths dropping twice as fast as last decade
Between 2002 and 2004, death rates dropped by an average of 2.1 percent a year. That may not sound like much, but between 1993 and 2001, deaths rates dropped on average 1.1 percent a year. The big change was a two-pronged gain against colorectal cancer. It remains the nation’s No. 2 cancer killer, deaths are …