The cancer mortality rate is continuing to decrease in America, but women – especially younger women – are seeing an uptick in diagnoses, according to new data released by the American Cancer Society (ACS).

The ACS report, published Thursday, includes statistics based on mortality data through 2022 and cancer incidence data through 2021 – which are the most recent years with compiled data available to the public.

After the smoking epidemic drove an increase in cancer deaths during the 20th century, the cancer mortality rate dropped by 34 percent in 2022 from its........

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