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Cancer survivor rate growing

The number of Americans alive with a history of cancera number now sitting at 13.7 millionwill jump to almost 18 million by 2022, finds a new report from the American Cancer Society in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute.

By Kathryn Mayer | Updated on June 14, 2012

The number of Americans alive with a history of cancer—a number now sitting at 13.7 million—will jump to almost 18 million by 2022, finds a new report from the American Cancer Society in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute.

The report finds that even though cancer incidence rates are decreasing, the number of cancer survivors is growing due to the aging and growth of the population, as well as improving cancer survival rates.

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