Mukherjee says US cancer mortality is falling, but younger colorectal cases rise

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"We know almost certainly that most cancers are in uh mortality across the population in the United States are going down. So, we are actually making progress. The idea that cancer is exploding and and killing everyone in the population is nonsense."

Siddhartha Mukherjee says overall cancer mortality in the United States is declining, and argues this reflects progress against the disease. He says colorectal cancer is rising among younger people and that the long decline in breast cancer mortality is starting to plateau, with some other cancers increasing.