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New analysis says that cancer survival rates in Australia are continuing to improve and the rate of diagnosis has been declining. However the decline in death rates for men has been greater than for women.


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By Tina Quii, Stergos Kastelloriou

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New analysis says that cancer survival rates in Australia are continuing to improve and the rate of diagnosis has been declining. However the decline in death rates for men has been greater than for women.


Since the 1980s cancer has been in a steady decline in Australia, with a downward trend in both diagnoses and fatalities.

Cancer in Australia 2021, a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare points to a number of reasons for the decline.


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