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Wednesday, October 29, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Proposal could cut cancer death rates
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The National Cancer Institute said yesterday that the aggressive use of existing knowledge could cut the annual cancer death rate in half by the year 2000.
The institute released a plan, combining cancer prevention, screening, early detection and treatment, that it said could produce dramatic results by the turn of the century if it were adopted as a national goal.
"Knowledge gained over the years can be used to control a significant portion of the disease which was responsible for an estimated 482,000 deaths in 1985," said Vincent T. DeVita, director of the institute.
Detailed in a new report, "Cancer Control Objectives for the Nation: 1985-2000," the plan called for increased efforts against cigarette smoking and poor diet and earlier use of the latest diagnostic and treatment techniques.
The strategy, developed to meet national disease prevention objectives established by the Department of Health and Human Services, would require cooperation from the public, industry, health professions, news media and government to succeed. he said.
The report also called for voluntary organizations to offer more health education and screening programs at the local level and health professional groups to re-emphasize cancer control in training programs.
The national cancer mortality rate in 1980, based on the latest available data, was 183 deaths per 100,000 persons annually. This figure would be cut by as much as 50 percent in 15 years by using the prevention and treatment knowledge already available, institute officials said.
Edward Sondik, an institute oficial who helped analyze and edit the report, said that there was no estimate of how much the expanded anti-cancer effort would cost.
"We have not done a detailed budget on what this would cost, but once one understands what can be done, then he can determine how to do it." Sondik said.
"The thing that we are addressing with this report is that you can do something about cancer now without waiting for some research breakthroughs. Research is important and we stress that. The projections we have on reducing cancer deaths rely to a great extent on the products of past and future research."
Research. Sondik noted that 30 percent of cancer deaths were linked directly to smoking.
The report said 54 million, or 36 percent of adults, smoke daily and that this number had to be reduced to less than 15 percent to cut the incidence of smoking-related cancers by the year 2000. It said that while male smoking rates were dropping, women were picking up the habit and female lung cancer rates might exceed those of men by the turn of the century.
The plan recommended that people reduce the amount of fat in their diets to less than 30 percent of total calories and increase the daily consumption of fiber by eating more fresh fruits, grains and vegetables.
It also called for raising from 15 percent to 80 percent the number of women aged 50 to 70 who undergo annual breast physical exams combined with X-ray mammography. This could reduce breast cancer mortality by 30 percent in women.
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