| Subject |
Supporting/Additional Data |
Source |
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Number of Deaths |
Estimated deaths for 2005 |
Seer.cancer.gov, estimated new cancer cases and deaths for 2005
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| Numbers of deaths for non-lung cancers |
Estimated deaths for 2005: 163,510 Lung cancer; 40,410 Breast cancer; 56,290 Colon cancer; 30,350 Prostate cancer |
Seer.cancer.gov, estimated new cancer cases and deaths for 2005 |
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Five Year Survival Rates |
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http://seer.cancer.gov , 5-Year Relative Survival Rates, 1975-2001.
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Number of Late-Stage Diagnoses |
Late-Stage = Stages IIIA, IIIB, and IV. |
SEER Stage Distribution by Race, Lung and Bronchus, All Ages, SEER 9 Registries for 1995-2001.
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (www.seer.cancer.gov) SEER*Stat Database: Incidence - SEER 9 Regs Public-Use, Nov 2004 Sub (1973-2002), National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Cancer Statistics Branch, released April 2005, based on the November 2004 submission. |
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| Newly-Addicted Youth Smokers |
2002 data: 2,000 newly-addicted youth smokers per day; 734,000 newly-addicted youth smokers per year. |
SAMHSA, Results from the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings, fig.5.4 (2004) (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) |
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Number of New Treatment and Diagnostic Options in Last 30 Years |
Gaps between older cytotoxics, paclitaxel (90's), gemcitabine (1998), docetaxel (2002), gefitinib (2003), erlotinib (2004), pemetrexed (2004), lags in development of screening technologies and assays. |
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| Federally-Supported Early Detection Program |
Lung cancer screening has "I" rating, Prostate cancer screening also has "I" rating. |
U.S. Preventive Services Task (USPSTF)
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Overall Federal Commitment |
National Cancer Institute, Department of Defense, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
Total amount of Fiscal Year 2005 research dollars from NCI, DOD, and CDC spent per estimated death in 2005. |
NCI estimated spending for FY05
DOD appropriations for FY05
http://mrmc-rad6.army.mil/pcrp/default.htm
CDC appropriations for FY05 |
