At least its not cancer,
How often have you heard someone say
that to you, and you agree. I've seen people with it and their doing
great after all these years. MJF has it, look at him, he's hes had
it for years, he just shakes some, no big deal hell he's even back to
work. Besides they got pills for that, can't be all that bad, ya d ya
da yada.
Lets say it was cancer, there are
several types so first pick you r cancer. Now what are the survival
rates for your cancer? Each one has a survival rate,, do you know
what it is, we can look some up. Let me say now my cutting and pasting skills need s bit of work. But with a little patience you will get the idea.
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Article date: November 25, 2008The cancer death rate in the United States continues to go down, a new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations says. What's more, cancer incidence -- the rate at which new cancers are diagnosed -- also appears to be dropping.
The findings come from the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005, Featuring Trends in Lung Cancer, Tobacco Use and Tobacco Control.
According to the report, cancer death rates for both sexes combined declined about 1.8% per year from 2002 through 2005, almost double the 1.1% per year decrease seen from 1993 through 2002. And for the first time in the 10-year history of the report, incidence rates for all cancers combined decreased, falling by 0.8% per year from 1999 to 2005.
"The drop in incidence seen in this year's Annual Report is something we've been waiting to see for a long time," said Otis W. Brawley, MD, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society (ACS). "However, we have to be somewhat cautious about how we interpret it, because changes in incidence can be caused not only by reductions in risk factors for cancer, but also by changes in screening practices. Regardless, the continuing drop in mortality is evidence once again of real progress made against cancer, reflecting real gains in prevention, early detection, and treatment."
RESOURCES:
The Annual Report to the Nation is a joint
report of the American Cancer Society, the US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI),
and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
(NAACR). It will be published online today and is slated to appear
in the December 3, 2008 issue of the Journal of the National
Cancer Institute. This year's report includes a special section
on lung cancer rates and tobacco control.
Good News, Bad News
Cancer death rates declined for 10 of the 15 most common causes of cancer death among both men and women, but increased for a few individual cancers, such as esophageal and bladder cancers among men, pancreatic cancers in women, and for cancers of the liver in both.The decline in cancer incidence was largely due to declines in the most common cancers: lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer for men and breast and colorectal cancer for women.
Lung cancer death rates in women leveled off from 2003 through 2005, but incidence rates are still rising, though more slowly than they have risen in the past. Lung cancer death rates have been decreasing in men since the 1990s.
The report shows significant differences in lung cancer deaths in different parts of the United States. In California, for instance, the lung cancer death rate dropped by about 2.8% per year among men between 1996 and 2005. That decline is more than double that seen in some Midwestern and Southern states, and may be due in part to California's strong tobacco control policies.
"We can see that, in areas of the country where smoking and tobacco use are entrenched in daily life, men and women continue to pay a price with higher incidence and death rates from many types of cancer. This type of geographic variation in smoking-related cancers is due to smoking behaviors, not regional environmental factors," said Betsy A. Kohler, MPH, executive director of the NAACCR.
CDC Director Julie Gerberding, MD, said, "We must recommit ourselves to implementing tobacco control programs that we know work if we are truly going to impact the staggering toll of tobacco on our society."
Opportunities to Save More Lives
Although the news from the new report is encouraging, more could be done to reduce cancer deaths even further, the study authors point out.The medical community needs to apply what it knows about prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer much more broadly, they say, so that all segments of the US population benefit from it. Right now, there are still differences among ethnic and racial groups. Cutting tobacco use is another important avenue for reducing cancer deaths. And, there needs to be more research into better methods of prevention, early detection and treatment, they write.
Reviewed by: Members of the ACS Medical Content Staff
ACS News Center stories are provided as a source of cancer-related news and are not intended to be used as press releases.
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Me again, I then went looking for the
survival rates for people with Parkinson;s disease.
Rates of survival in Parkinson’s disease
Total
Health | January 4th, 2012
Parkinson’s disease is a very common neurodegenerative condition amongst older people but until now, information on survival rates and risk factors has been inconclusive. A new cohort study of 138,000 patients with Parkinson’s disease has established links between the disease and demographic causes.
It has been found by researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in the USA that survival rates in Parkinson’s were “significantly predicted” through sex and race with women, Hispanics and Asians having an improved prognosis reduced risk of mortality. Black patients had the highest death rate of just over 66% whilst almost 65% of white patients died after contracting the disease. Another risk factor was the development of dementia which approximately 70% of patients were diagnosed with. The mortality risk for patients with both Parkinson’s disease and dementia is greater than for patients only suffering from Parkinson’s.
Treatments to ease the effects of Parkinson’s disease include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy as well as medication and drug therapy. None of these treatments can cure the disease however. An innovative form of neurosurgery, known as neuromodulation or deep brain stimulation, can be used to electrically stimulate the brain in order to improve movement problems but up to 70% and can be highly effective at improving the quality of life for patients.
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My reason for all this information is
basically this,with cancer there is treatment there are frequently
remissions.
For those with Parkinson's there is
nothing to look forward to continues deterioration until you are
overcome by another disease that will cause death. In addition many
develop dementia somewhat similar to alzhiemers. Basically cancer can
be cured, Parkinson's will just continue to eat away at the
person, brain and body. For us there is no hope of a cure or
remission as with cancer So my suggestion is more appropriate to say
to a cancer patient,At least it's not Parkinson's.....
At least its not cancer,
How often have you heard someone say
that to you, and you agree. I've seen people with it and their doing
great after all these years. MJF has it, look at him, he's hes had
it for years, he just shakes some, no big deal hell he's even back to
work. Besides they git pills for that, can't be all that bad, ya d ya
da yada.
Lets say it was cancer, there are
several types so first pick you r cancer. Now what are the survival
rates for your cancer? Each one has a survival rate,, do you know
what it is, we can look some up.
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interested in. There is a tremendous amount of information,
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Cancer Death Rates and Incidence Down, Annual Report Shows
Article date: November 25, 2008The cancer death rate in the United States continues to go down, a new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations says. What's more, cancer incidence -- the rate at which new cancers are diagnosed -- also appears to be dropping.
The findings come from the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005, Featuring Trends in Lung Cancer, Tobacco Use and Tobacco Control.
According to the report, cancer death rates for both sexes combined declined about 1.8% per year from 2002 through 2005, almost double the 1.1% per year decrease seen from 1993 through 2002. And for the first time in the 10-year history of the report, incidence rates for all cancers combined decreased, falling by 0.8% per year from 1999 to 2005.
"The drop in incidence seen in this year's Annual Report is something we've been waiting to see for a long time," said Otis W. Brawley, MD, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society (ACS). "However, we have to be somewhat cautious about how we interpret it, because changes in incidence can be caused not only by reductions in risk factors for cancer, but also by changes in screening practices. Regardless, the continuing drop in mortality is evidence once again of real progress made against cancer, reflecting real gains in prevention, early detection, and treatment."
RESOURCES:
The Annual Report to the Nation is a joint
report of the American Cancer Society, the US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Cancer Institute (NCI),
and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries
(NAACR). It will be published online today and is slated to appear
in the December 3, 2008 issue of the Journal of the National
Cancer Institute. This year's report includes a special section
on lung cancer rates and tobacco control.
Good News, Bad News
Cancer death rates declined for 10 of the 15 most common causes of cancer death among both men and women, but increased for a few individual cancers, such as esophageal and bladder cancers among men, pancreatic cancers in women, and for cancers of the liver in both.The decline in cancer incidence was largely due to declines in the most common cancers: lung, colorectal, and prostate cancer for men and breast and colorectal cancer for women.
Lung cancer death rates in women leveled off from 2003 through 2005, but incidence rates are still rising, though more slowly than they have risen in the past. Lung cancer death rates have been decreasing in men since the 1990s.
The report shows significant differences in lung cancer deaths in different parts of the United States. In California, for instance, the lung cancer death rate dropped by about 2.8% per year among men between 1996 and 2005. That decline is more than double that seen in some Midwestern and Southern states, and may be due in part to California's strong tobacco control policies.
"We can see that, in areas of the country where smoking and tobacco use are entrenched in daily life, men and women continue to pay a price with higher incidence and death rates from many types of cancer. This type of geographic variation in smoking-related cancers is due to smoking behaviors, not regional environmental factors," said Betsy A. Kohler, MPH, executive director of the NAACCR.
CDC Director Julie Gerberding, MD, said, "We must recommit ourselves to implementing tobacco control programs that we know work if we are truly going to impact the staggering toll of tobacco on our society."
Opportunities to Save More Lives
Although the news from the new report is encouraging, more could be done to reduce cancer deaths even further, the study authors point out.The medical community needs to apply what it knows about prevention, early detection and treatment of cancer much more broadly, they say, so that all segments of the US population benefit from it. Right now, there are still differences among ethnic and racial groups. Cutting tobacco use is another important avenue for reducing cancer deaths. And, there needs to be more research into better methods of prevention, early detection and treatment, they write.
Reviewed by: Members of the ACS Medical Content Staff
ACS News Center stories are provided as a source of cancer-related news and are not intended to be used as press releases.
Related Searches: Statistics Prevention Early Detection
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Me again, I then went looking for the
survival rates for people with Parkinson;s disease.
Rates of survival in Parkinson’s disease
Total
Health | January 4th, 2012
Parkinson’s disease is a very common neurodegenerative condition amongst older people but until now, information on survival rates and risk factors has been inconclusive. A new cohort study of 138,000 patients with Parkinson’s disease has established links between the disease and demographic causes.
It has been found by researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in the USA that survival rates in Parkinson’s were “significantly predicted” through sex and race with women, Hispanics and Asians having an improved prognosis reduced risk of mortality. Black patients had the highest death rate of just over 66% whilst almost 65% of white patients died after contracting the disease. Another risk factor was the development of dementia which approximately 70% of patients were diagnosed with. The mortality risk for patients with both Parkinson’s disease and dementia is greater than for patients only suffering from Parkinson’s.
Treatments to ease the effects of Parkinson’s disease include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy as well as medication and drug therapy. None of these treatments can cure the disease however. An innovative form of neurosurgery, known as neuromodulation or deep brain stimulation, can be used to electrically stimulate the brain in order to improve movement problems but up to 70% and can be highly effective at improving the quality of life for patients.
Filed under:
Related news
My reason for all this information is
basically this,with cancer there is treatment there are frequently
remissions.
For those with Parkinson's there is
nothing to look forward to continues deterioration until you are
overcome by another disease that will cause death. In addition many
develop dementia somewhat similar to alzhiemers. Basically cancer can
be cured, Parkinson's will just con continue to eat away at the
person, brain and body. For us there is no hope of a cure or
remission as with cancer So my suggestion is more appropriate to say
to a cancer patient, al least it's not Parkinson's
