Re: Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, Part I: National Cancer Statistics.

available at http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29786848/ Editorial Comment: The American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Cancer Institute and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries collaborate to provide annual updates on cancer occurrence and trends in the United States. Important findings in this study were that 1) overall cancer incidence rates from 2008 to 2014 decreased by 2.2% yearly in men but were stable in women and 2) overall cancer death rates from 1999 to 2015 decreased by 1.8% yearly in men and by 1.4% yearly in women. From 2011 to 2015 death rates decreased for cancer sites including lung and bronchus (both genders), colorectal (both genders), female breast and prostate but increased for cancers of the liver (both genders), pancreas (both genders), brain and other nervous system (both genders), oral cavity and pharynx (men only), soft tissue including heart (men only), nonmelanoma skin (men only) and uterus. Incidence and death rates were higher in men vs women for all racial and ethnic groups, while black individuals had the highest death rates compared to other racial groups. Finally, in men the incidence of bladder cancer decreased by 0.8% but the death rate during this period was stable, while in women the bladder cancer death rate decreased slightly (-0.5%).