The overall drop in death rates means 898,000 individuals who would have died from lung cancer over the last 17 years did not, according to a report issued by the American Cancer Society. From 2001 to 2007 male lung cancer deaths fell by 1.9% annually, while for women from 2002 to the end of 2007 rates dropped by 1.5% per year. This is the first recorded drop in female lung cancer deaths in recorded history. 1,596,670 new cancer cases of any type and 571,950 deaths from cancer of any type are expected to occur in the USA this year (2011)... 
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