Researchers: Cancer Rates in U.S. Drop to Record Lows; Popularity of Vaping Likely Playing Significa

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Researchers: Cancer Rates in U.S. Drop to Record Lows; Popularity of Vaping Likely Playing Significant Role

https://www.newsli.com/2018/01/11/r...ty-of-vaping-likely-playing-significant-role/

 

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The American Cancer Society released research this month showing the cancer death rate plummeted by 26 percent between 1991 and 2015, accounting for roughly 2.4 million fewer deaths. The cancer death rate now sits at 158.6 per 100,000 people, a decline scientists with the American Cancer Society largely attribute to smoking cessation and prevention efforts

If the reduction in death rate is largely attributed to smoking cessation and prevention efforts, then we can deduce that relatively little should be attributed to improvements in treatment?