Cancer Treatment and Survivorship Facts & Figures
is a scientific article published in the 绿帽社's flagship journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians in the ACS Facts & Figures series. Fast Facts: Cancer Treatment and Survivorship offers consumer-friendly highlights of some key statistics.
The population of cancer survivors in the US continues to grow:
As of January 1, 2025, about 1 out of every 18 Americans (18.6 million people) was a cancer survivor. By 2035, that number is projected to exceed 22 million.
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There are 4.3 million women living in the United States with a history of breast cancer as of January 2025:
By 2035, we expect to have about 5.3 million – nearly 1 million more breast cancer survivors.
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Cancer treatment disparities persist:
In 2021,?39% of Black people with early-stage rectal cancer received surgery compared to 64% of White people.
