A recent report by the National Cancer Institute found that cancer deaths in the U.S. for men, women, and children declined between 2001 and 2022—with one odd exception—male bone and joint cancer rates. Those increased. Specifically, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma and chordoma.
Other cancers that are killing more men today than ten years ago were cancers of the pancreas, oral cavity and pharynx, and non-melanoma skin cancer.
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