(NAPSA)—Theres encouraging news for people facing—or who may oneday face—acancerdiagnosis: A new annualreport highlights how federally funded research discoveries are fueling the developmentof new and even more effective ways to prevent, detect, diagnose andtreat cancer. ‘As highlighted in the Ameri- can Association for Cancer Research 26% REDUCTION INU.S. lees DEATH NS (AACR) Cancer Progress Report, one area of cancer treatment in which we are making extraordinary progress is immunotherapy. In the past decade, the numberof immunotherapeutics has increased almostfivefold and the numberoftypesof cancerthat can betreated by at least one immunotherapeutic has morethan tripled. Among thekey advancesoutlined in the report are: + Twenty-two treatments for cancer newly approved by the U.S. Food 24millon Ameria satanCeearchANCRY Ca gsRp218 Cutting-edgeresearch is making significant progress in the treatmentof cancer. and Drug Administration (EDA) or together to addressthis critical issue. Notably, the report illustrates how unwavering, bipartisan support from between Aug. 1, 2017, and July 31, funding for the NIH, NCI, FDA and approved for new types of cancer Congress, in the form of increased + Declinein cancerdeath rate by 26 per- CDG,is vital if we are to keep the momentum at which we make lifesav- Decline in cigarette smoking rate said Elizabeth M. Jaffee, M.D., president 2018. ingprogress for everyone. “The unprecedentedprogress we are cer deaths avoided, according to the makingagainst cancer has been made latest data. possible largely through basic research? cent for US. adults, a reduction that translatesinto almost 2.4 million can- among U.S. adults to its lowest—14 percent—since the mid-1960s, thanks to public education and policy initiatives. ‘The reportalso highlights research areas where there are significant gaps in our knowledge,such asthe underly- ing causes ofcancerhealth disparities, and the needforall sectors of the biomedical research community to come of the AACRanddeputy director of The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.“A continuedincreasein federal funding for both basic andclinical research will allow us to make major headway moving forward” ‘The full report, andall seven prior editions, are freely available at http:// cancerprogressreport.org.
