This is great news, particularly since the American population is aging and cancer tends to strike older people at higher rates.
From Reuters:
“Cancer rates have dropped for the first time in the United States and previous declines in cancer deaths are accelerating, a report released on Tuesday showed as cancer-fighting efforts produced solid results. […]
The report, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, detailed progress in cutting new cases of the three most common kinds of cancers among men — lung, colorectal and prostate — and the two most common types among women — breast and colorectal. It also showed a leveling off of women’s lung cancer death rates.”
Rate of new cancer cases drops for first time in US